“…According to the overall morphology, the semen pump of Tipula (Sivatipula) parvauricula should belong to Type III. However, its posterior immovable apodeme has only one arm, which differs from the results in previous works in Chinese species ( Ctenophora
fumosa Men, 2014 in Men and Huang 2014; Tipula (Vestiplex) coxitalis Alexander, 1935, Tipula (Pterelachisus) biaciculifera Alexander, 1937and Tipula (Emodotipula) yaoluopingensis Men, 2015 in Men 2015; Tipula (Yamatotipula) nova Walker, 1848 in Men et al 2015a; Nephrotoma
liankangensis Men, Xue & Yang and Nephrotoma
pseudoliankangensis Men, Xue & Yang in Men et al 2015b). This may represent a special form of type III.…”