The crane fly family Cylindrotomidae (Diptera): newly recorded for Mongolia

Notes on the taxonomic status and distribution of some Cylindrotomidae (Diptera, Tipuloidea), with emphasis on Japanese species

“…15C ); margin wavy, especially in caudal end (Fig. 15C , see also Gelhaus et al 2007 : figs 12–15); weakly curved inward in dorsal view (Fig. 15A ); ventral base of lateral lobe with small, black, heavily sclerotised lobe (named lamina by some authors) considerably variable in shape (Fig.…”

“…nov.; Alexander 1919 : 344–345: original description; Alexander 1924 : 595: faunistic records; Alexander 1928 : 9: distribution, illustrations; Esaki 1950 : 1513: illustration; Ishida 1955 : 77: distribution; Takahashi 1960 : 81: distribution; Alexander 1966 : 122: distribution, faunistic records; Sidorenko 1999 : 68–70: identification key, illustration, distribution; Nakamura 2001 : 23–29: identification key, illustration, distribution, faunistic records; Pilipenko and Sidorenko 2004 : 12 faunistic records; Boldgiv 2006 : phylogeny, faunistic records; in Paramonov 2006 as Cylindrotoma distinctissima japonica : 888: stat. nov., identification key, illustration, distribution; Gelhaus et al 2007 : 64 comparison; Sasakawa 2008 : 131: faunistic records; Nakamura 2014 : 54: distribution; Kato and Suzuki 2017 : 16: faunistic records, distribution; Imada 2020 : biology and ecology of larvae.…”

“…noted in our study, was the colouration of the scutellum, which is yellow in the latter two species, and with a median brown stripe or patch in C. nigriventries . Salmela and Autio (2007) and Gelhaus et al (2007) note that these species also differ in the colouration of the abdomen (dark brown, almost black in C. nigriventries , and yellowish brown in C. distinctissima ), however, some of the Japanese species of C. distinctissima have a very dark brown abdomen (Fig. 3A ).…”

“…3A ). The illustration of the female terminalia of C. nigriventris by Gelhaus et al (2007 : fig. 9) shows a high similarity to the drawing of the female terminalia of C. distinctissima by Peus (1952 : fig.…”

“… Diogma glabrata megacauda , D. glabrata in Gelhaus et al 2007 : synonymy, comparison, ecology, distribution, illustration. …”