Discobola

Discobola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Suborder: Nematocera
Infraorder: Tipulomorpha
Superfamily: Tipuloidea
Family: Limoniidae
Subfamily: Limoniinae
Genus: Discobola
Type species
Limnobia argus
Say, 1824 [= annulata (Linnaeus, 1758)]
Species

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Discobola is a genus of crane fly in the family Limoniidae.

Description

Discobola specimens are recognized by their extensively maculate (blotched) or ocellate (spotted) wing markings, by the presence of an A1 cross vein on the wings, and by spined or pectinate (comb like) claws. Specimens from New Zealand are distinctive from those of other locations in having slightly different male genitalia.[1]

Distribution

New Zealand, Australia & Chile.[1]

Species

References

  1. 1 2 Johns, Peter M.; Jenner, Lesley (2006). "The Crane-Fly Genus Discobola' (Diptera: Tipulidae: Limoniinae) In New Zealand". Records of the Canterbury Museum (PDF Adobe Acrobat)|format= requires |url= (help). Christchurch, New Zealand: Canterbury Museum. 20: 35–53.
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