Details for Tonnoirella gemella

Name: Tonnoirella gemella Alexander, 1928 Publication: Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (10) 1: 84 (as Tonnoirella) Status: Recognized taxon. Classification: Family Limoniidae Subfamily Limnophilinae Descriptive note: Type-material: Ribeiro, 2008. Variant spelling(s): gemela habitus male body part(s) head and antenna hypopygium hypopygium wing plus one additional image of habitat. Distribution: Australia (Tas). Note: see the manual for abbreviations: Australia. Region(s): Australian/Oceanian Biology: Alexander, 1928b (orig descr) (habitat, specified in Alexander, 1927b). Figure references: Head: Ribeiro, 2008 Wing: Ribeiro, 2008 Hypopygium: Ribeiro, 2008 Citations on biology (mainly from 2000 onward): Australia Biology. Oosterbroek and Lukashevich, 2021: 3 (both sexes were collected in december 2015 not far from the type locality, at Mount Field East, in subalpine heath at an altitude of 1270 m on flowering low shrubs, probably Boronia citriodora (Rutaceae)). on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): Australia Characters. Oosterbroek and Lukashevich, 2021: 3 (on flower-visiting by long-proboscid limoniid crane flies, mentioning this species as having a rostrum of twice the length of the head). Country not relevant Phylogeny. Ribeiro, 2008: 627-694 (included in phylogenetic analysis of Limnophilinae and Tipulomorpha, figs). Phylogeny. Lukashevich and Ribeiro, 2018: 639-649 (on Mesozoic fossils and the phylogeny of Tipulomorpha, recent taxon included in the phylogeny). Phylogeny. Krzeminski et al., 2024: 9-11 (phylogeny Chilelimnophila: outgroup taxon). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): Australia Distribution. Ribeiro, 2008: 694 (loc(s) paratypes). Distribution. Oosterbroek and Lukashevich, 2021: 3 (both sexes were collected in december 2015 not far from the type locality, at Mount Field East, in subalpine heath at an altitude of 1270 m on flowering low shrubs, probably Boronia citriodora (Rutaceae)). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): Australia Ribeiro, 2008: month(s): 12. Oosterbroek and Lukashevich, 2021: month(s): 12. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): Australia Oosterbroek and Lukashevich, 2021: altitude: 1270 m.