Original Article

A new species of the subgenus Tipula (Dendrotipula) Savchenko, 1964 (Diptera: Tipulidae) from Southwest China

  • Mingyu Liu ,
  • Longyan Si ,
  • Qicheng Yang ,
  • Ding Yang
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  • 1College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Kunming University, Kunming, 650214 Yunnan, China; E-mail: 2464597049@qq.com 

    2Forestry and Grassland Bureau of Lushui, Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture, 673200 Yunnan, China; E-mail: 434302478@qq.com 

    3Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China; E-mail: yangding@cau.edu.cn

Qicheng Yang

Online published: 2025-07-24

Abstract

The subgenus Dendrotipula was distributed in Palaearctic Region. Only eight species of the subgenus Dendrotipula Savchenko, 1964 were known to occur worldwide, two species were described in China. Based on new collections, we described one new species from Southwest China, Tipula (Dendrotipula) dorsigera Q.C. Yang, sp. nov. A key to the species of Tipula (Dendrotipula) from world is presented.

Cite this article

Mingyu Liu , Longyan Si , Qicheng Yang , Ding Yang . A new species of the subgenus Tipula (Dendrotipula) Savchenko, 1964 (Diptera: Tipulidae) from Southwest China[J]. Zoological Systematics, 2025 , 50(3) : 274 -278 . DOI: 10.11865/zs.2025303

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