Latest Articles from ZooKeys Latest 14 Articles from ZooKeys https://zookeys.pensoft.net/ Fri, 29 Mar 2024 17:39:33 +0200 Pensoft FeedCreator https://zookeys.pensoft.net/i/logo.jpg Latest Articles from ZooKeys https://zookeys.pensoft.net/ New records for the Western Balkans cranefly fauna (Diptera, Tipuloidea) with the description of a new Baeoura Alexander (Diptera, Limoniidae) https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/98997/ ZooKeys 1157: 1-42

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1157.98997

Authors: Levente-Péter Kolcsár, Micha Camiel d’Oliveira, Wolfram Graf, Clovis Quindroit, Kozo Watanabe, Marija Ivković

Abstract: The cranefly (Tipuloidea) fauna of the Western Balkans is still poorly known. In this study, occurrence data of 77 species is reported, of which two species are newly recorded for Albania, eight species for Bosnia and Herzegovina, twelve for Croatia, and seven for Slovenia, respectively. A new species, Baeoura neretvaensis Kolcsár & d’Oliveira, sp. nov. is described from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Slovenia. Images of the habitus, wing, and male and female terminalia of the new species are provided. Furthermore, images of male terminalia and wings of thirteen additional species are presented.

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Research Article Fri, 31 Mar 2023 18:46:38 +0300
Wing interference patterns are consistent and sexually dimorphic in the four families of crane flies (Diptera, Tipuloidea) https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/69060/ ZooKeys 1080: 135-163

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1080.69060

Authors: Robert T. Conrow, Jon K. Gelhaus

Abstract: Wing interference patterns (WIP) are stable structural colors in insect wings caused by thin-film interference. This study seeks to establish WIP as a stable, sexually dimorphic, species-level character across the four families of Tipuloidea and investigate generic level WIP. Thirteen species of Tipuloidea were selected from museum specimens in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University collection. One wing from a male and female of each representative species was excised and mounted to a slide with coverslip, placed against a black background, and imaged using an integrated microscope camera. Images were minimally retouched but otherwise unchanged. Descriptions of the WIP for each sex of each species are provided. Twelve of thirteen species imaged had WIP, which were stable and species specific while eight of those twelve had sexually dimorphic WIP. Comparisons of three species of Nephrotoma were inconclusive regarding a generic level WIP. Gnophomyia tristissima had higher intraspecific variation than other species examined. This study confirms stable, species specific WIP in all four families of crane flies for the first time. More research must be done regarding generic-level stability of WIP in crane flies as well as the role sexual and natural selection play in the evolution of wing interference patterns in insects.

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Research Article Wed, 5 Jan 2022 11:11:24 +0200
Tipula (Vestiplex) crane flies (Diptera, Tipulidae) of Korea https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/49999/ ZooKeys 1061: 23-55

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1061.49999

Authors: Pavel Starkevich, Sigitas Podėnas, Virginija Podėnienė, Sun-Jae Park, A-Young Kim

Abstract: The Korean species of Tipula (Vestiplex) Bezzi, 1924 crane flies are taxonomically revised. Five species are recognized. Tipula (V.) coquillettiana Alexander, 1924, T. (V.) kuwayamai Alexander, 1921, T. (V.) tchukchi Alexander, 1934, and T. (V.) verecunda Alexander, 1924 are newly recorded from the Korean Peninsula, and T. (V.) serricauda Alexander, 1914 was previously recorded. The larva of T. (V.) serricauda is described and illustrated, and the larvae of the subgenus T. (Vestiplex) are divided into four groups based on spiracular lobe morphology. An identification key, redescriptions, and illustrations of Korean T. (Vestiplex) adults and grouping of known larvae are presented.

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Research Article Thu, 30 Sep 2021 10:35:06 +0300
A new Palaearctic species of the subgenus Lunatipula (Diptera, Tipulidae) from the West Caucasus with a survey of the caucasica species group https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/67564/ ZooKeys 1048: 145-175

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1048.67564

Authors: Vladimir I. Lantsov, Valentin E. Pilipenko

Abstract: The caucasica species group in the subgenus Lunatipula is redefined and now consists of five species native to the Caucasus. Tipula (L.) eleniya sp. nov. is described as new to science, and variations in the male terminalia in two populations are noted. Two subspecies (quadridentata quadridentata and quadridentata paupera) are elevated to species rank. Detailed photo’s complement the descriptions of all five species (caucasica, eleniya, paupera, quadridentata, talyshensis), and data on ecology and distribution patterns are included as well as identification keys to males and females. Tipula caucasica is recorded from the West Caucasus and Tipula quadridentata is recorded from Dagestan (Russia) for the first time. Parallel evolution is traced in the male terminalia of the new species and in several non caucasica species group of Palaearctic Lunatipula.

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Research Article Tue, 13 Jul 2021 14:19:43 +0300
New and little-known species of Tipula Linnaeus (Diptera, Tipulidae) from Laos, with a new synonym https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/49781/ ZooKeys 982: 11-31

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.982.49781

Authors: Bing Zhang, Jinlong Ren, Yan Li, Ding Yang

Abstract: Only seven species of the genus Tipula Linnaeus were previously known to occur in Laos. Here one new species is added to the fauna of Laos, Tipula (Nippotipula) champasakensis sp. nov. Tipula (unplaced) cladomera Alexander, 1936 is designated as a synonym of T. (unplaced) reposita Walker, 1848, syn. nov. A key to species of the genus Tipula from Laos is presented.

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Research Article Mon, 2 Nov 2020 15:55:56 +0200
Nephrotoma Meigen (Diptera, Tipulidae) from Xizang Autonomous Region, China https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/46384/ ZooKeys 973: 123-151

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.973.46384

Authors: Qi-Cheng Yang, Qi-Fei Liu, Zhao-Hui Pan, Xiao-Yan Liu, Ding Yang

Abstract: Eight species of the genus Nephrotoma were previously known to occur in Xizang Autonomous Region. Here, three species are added to the fauna of Xizang. Among them two species, N. beibengensis sp. nov. and N. hanae sp. nov. are described and illustrated as new to science, and one species, N. evittata Alexander, 1935 is recorded from Xizang for the first time. The following four species are redescribed: N. claviformis Yang & Yang, 1987, N. didyma Yang & Yang, 1987, N. nigrohalterata Edwards, 1928, and N. xizangensis Yang & Yang, 1987. A key to the species of Nephrotoma from Xizang is presented.

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Research Article Mon, 5 Oct 2020 13:22:40 +0300
Redescriptions of the poorly known crane fly species Tipula (Vestiplex) scandens and Tipula (Vestiplex) subscripta from Tibet and Yunnan, China (Diptera, Tipulidae) https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/38044/ ZooKeys 917: 127-140

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.917.38044

Authors: Pavel Starkevich, Qiu-Lei Men, Duncan Sivell

Abstract: Tipula (Vestiplex) scandens Edwards, 1928 and Tipula (Vestiplex) subscripta Edwards, 1928 were both briefly described based on single specimens and lacked illustration in the original literature. In the present paper, these two species are redescribed with new illustrations of additional morphological features based on type and non-type specimens.

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Research Article Mon, 9 Mar 2020 01:34:09 +0200
Tipula (Vestiplex) butvilai sp. nov., a new crane fly (Diptera, Tipulidae) from Yunnan, China https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/34166/ ZooKeys 869: 91-101

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.869.34166

Authors: Pavel Starkevich, Aidas Saldaitis, Qiu-Lei Men

Abstract: A new crane fly, Tipula (Vestiplex) butvilai sp. nov., is described and illustrated based on new material collected in the Nu Jiang Valley of Yunnan Province, China. The hypopygium for the most closely related species, Tipula (Vestiplex) testata Alexander, 1935, is also illustrated. A key is provided to distinguish males of the new species from those of other species in the T. (V.) bicornigera Alexander, 1938 species group.

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Research Article Mon, 5 Aug 2019 12:53:37 +0300
A new species of Tipulodina (Diptera, Tipulidae) from China, with description of the female internal reproductive system https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/31755/ ZooKeys 864: 67-77

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.864.31755

Authors: Guo-Xi Xue, Qiu-Lei Men, Jia Zhang, Qing Zhao, Nan Sheng, Hai-Xiao Wang, Ji-Feng Long

Abstract: A new species of the genus Tipulodina Enderlein, 1912, Tipulodina bifurcata Xue & Men, sp. nov. (Guangxi, South China) is described and illustrated. A key to the known species in China is provided. The morphological description of the female internal reproductive system of the new species is provided, which represents the first description for this genus.

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Research Article Tue, 16 Jul 2019 13:23:11 +0300
Description of a new species of Mediotipula from Albania, with consideration of the eastern Mediterranean as a diversity hotspot (Diptera, Tipulidae) https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/25683/ ZooKeys 792: 99-115

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.792.25683

Authors: Lujza Keresztes, Jesús Martínez Menéndez, Luis Martin, Edina Török, Levente-Péter Kolcsár

Abstract: A new species of the Tipula subgenus Mediotipula is described from the south-eastern part of Albania, south-eastern Europe. Morphologically, the new species is most similar to T. (M.) stigmatella Schummel, 1833, but differs mainly with respect to males, having a distinctly shaped posterior margin of tergite 9–10, a widened outer gonostylus and a series of details of the inner gonostylus (anterior end of the anterior arm, shape of the posterior arm), as well as having more bulbous and rounded hypogynal valves in the females. Further morphological differences of the male terminalia between allopatric populations of T. (M.) stigmatella in the Carpathians and Balkans, south-eastern Europe, are discussed.

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Review Article Tue, 23 Oct 2018 17:53:28 +0300
Two new species of Tipula (Vestiplex) from Southern China based on morphological and molecular data, with redescription of Tipula (Vestiplex) bicalcarata (Diptera, Tipulidae, Tipulinae) https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/9738/ ZooKeys 658: 63-80

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.658.9738

Authors: Qiu-Lei Men, Chen W. Young, Pavel Starkevich, Yong-Fu Yu, Xiao-Ping Lei

Abstract: Two new species of subgenus Tipula (Vestiplex) Bezzi, 1924, T. (V.) leigongshanensis Men & Young, sp. n. and T. (V.) maoershanensis Men & Young, sp. n. are described and illustrated. Tipula (Vestiplex) bicalcarata Savchenko, 1965 is redescribed and illustrated based on additional morphological characters. Partial mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI) sequences of these three species are provided. Pairwise genetic distances among two new species and related species, T. (V.) bicalcarata, T. (V.) coxitalis Alexander, 1935, and T. (V.) sternotuberculata Alexander, 1935 range from 0.028 to 0.091 using Kimura-2-parameter model. Diagnostic features of the sperm pump for taxonomic use are discussed.

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Research Article Thu, 23 Feb 2017 03:24:40 +0200
Checklist of the infraorder Tipulomorpha (Trichoceridae, Tipuloidea) (Diptera) of Finland https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/4037/ ZooKeys 441: 21-36

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.441.7533

Authors: Jukka Salmela, Andrius Petrašiūnas

Abstract: A checklist of the infraorder Tipulomorpha: families Trichoceridae, Pediciidae, Limoniidae, Cylindrotomidae and Tipulidae (Diptera) recorded from Finland.

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Checklist Fri, 19 Sep 2014 00:00:00 +0300
Description and DNA barcoding of Tipula (Pterelachisus) recondita sp. n. from the Palaearctic region (Diptera, Tipulidae) https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/2775/ ZooKeys 192: 51-65

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.192.2364

Authors: Valentin Pilipenko, Jukka Salmela, Eero Vesterinen

Abstract: Tipula (Pterelachisus) recondita Pilipenko & Salmela, sp. n. is described. The new species is collected from two localities: Finland, Kittilä (North boreal ecoregion) and Russia, Primorski kray (Zone of temperate broadleaf and mixed forests). Although variation in the structure of male hypopygium between the Finnish and Russian populations is observed, DNA barcode sequences differ only by three nucleotides (0.2 % K2P distance), supporting presence of one widespread species. K2P minimum distances between the new species and 17 other species of the subgenus range from 5.3 to 15.8 % (mean 8.8 %). The new species is forest-dwelling, known from an old-growth herb-rich forest (Finland) and Quercus mongolica forest (Russia). The new species is perhaps closest to T. (P.) imitator Alexander and in lesser extent to T. (P.) pauli Mannheims; the inner gonostylus of both species are illustrated.

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Research Article Tue, 8 May 2012 00:00:00 +0300
Revision of Tipula (Yamatotipula) stackelbergi Alexander (Diptera, Tipulidae), and a short discussion on subspecies among crane flies https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/2372/ ZooKeys 162: 43-58

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.162.2216

Authors: Jukka Salmela

Abstract: All available type material of Tipula stackelbergi Alexander, T. usuriensis Alexander and T. subpruinosa Mannheims were examined. Tipula (Yamatotipula) stackelbergi stat. rev. is elevated from a subspecies of T. (Y.) pruinosa Wiedemann to a valid species. Two new synonyms are proposed: Tipula usuriensis syn. n. proved to be a junior synonym of T. (Y.) pruinosa and T. subpruinosa syn. n. a junior synonym of T. (Y.) freyana Lackschewitz. Tipula (Y.) stackelbergi is redescribed, male and female terminalia of T. (Y.) pruinosa are illustrated and discussed. Female terminalia of T. (Y.) freyana are described and illustrated for the first time. A key to both sexes of T. (Y.) stackelbergi and T. (Y.) pruinosa, and a key to females of T. (Y.) chonsaniana, T. (Y.) freyana and T. (Y.) moesta are provided. Subspecies are not uncommon among crane flies, but their ranges and traits are poorly known. An interdisciplinary approach (genetics, ecology, taxonomy) is suggested if subspecific ranks are to be used in tipuloid systematics.

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Research Article Thu, 5 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0200