Brithura

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Antliophora
Ordo: Diptera
Subordo: Nematocera
Infraordo: Tipulomorpha
Superfamilia: Tipuloidea

Familia: Tipulidae
Subfamilia: Tipulinae
Genus: Brithura
Species: B. argyrospila – B. aureola – B. brulleana – B. crassa – B. flaviflagellum – B. fracticosta – B. fractistigma – B. guangxiensis – B. imperfecta – B. jinpingensis – B. keiliniana – B. nielseniana – B. nymphica – B. sancta – B. shii – B. stigmosa

[species after Liu & Yang (2010)]
Name

Brithura Edwards, 1916
References
cited sources

Liu, Q.; Yang, D. 2010: Four new species of the genus Brithura Edwards from China, with an updated key to world species (Diptera, Tipulidae). Zootaxa, 2401: 52–60. Preview

Additional references

Liu, Q.; Yang, D. 2009: Two new species of the genus Brithura Edwards from China, with a key to world species (Diptera, Tipulidae). Zootaxa, 1991: 51–56. Abstract & excerpt

Brithura is a genus of true crane fly.
Distribution

India, Taiwan and China.
Species

B. argyrospila (Alexander, 1935)
B. brulleana (Alexander, 1971)
B. crassa Edwards, 1916
B. fracticosta (Alexander, 1935)
B. fractistigma Alexander, 1925
B. guangxiensis Liu and Yang, 2009
B. imperfecta (Brunetti, 1913)
B. jinpingensis Liu and Yang, 2009
B. keiliniana (Alexander, 1971)
B. nielseniana (Alexander, 1964)
B. nymphica Alexander, 1927
B. sancta Alexander, 1929

References

"Catalogue of the Craneflies of the World (Diptera, Tipuloidea: Pediciidae, Limoniidae, Cylindrotomidae, Tipulidae)". Naturalis Biodiversity Center.