Discobola

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
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: Limoniidae
Subfamilia: Limoniinae
Genus: Discobola
Species: D. acurostris – D. ampla – D. annulata – D. armorica – D. australis – D. boninensis – D. caesarea – D. calamites – D. caledoniae – D. dicycla – D. dohrni – D. epiphragmoides – D. euthenia – D. freyana – D. fumihalterata – D. gibberina – D. gowdeyi – D. haetara – D. margarita – D. milleri – D. moiwana – D. neoelegans – D. nigroclavata – D. parargus – D. parvispinula – D. pictoralis – D. striata – D. taivanella – D. tessellata – D. venustula
Name

Discobola Osten Sacken, 1865

Discobola dohrni

References

Johns, P.M.; Jenner, L. 2006: The crane-fly genus Discobola (Diptera: Tipulidae: Limoniinae) in New Zealand. 20: 35–53. ISSN: 0370-3878

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

D. acurostris (Alexander, 1943)
D. annulata (Linnaeus, 1758)
D. armorica (Alexander, 1942)
D. australis (Skuse, 1890)
D. boninensis (Alexander, 1972)
D. caesarea (Osten Sacken, 1854)
D. calamites (Alexander, 1959)
D. caledoniae (Alexander, 1948)
D. dicycla Edwards, 1923
D. dohrni (Osten Sacken, 1894)
D. epiphragmoides (Edwards, 1933)
D. euthenia (Alexander, 1958)
D. freyana (Nielsen, 1961)
D. fumihalterata (Alexander, 1955)
D. gibberina (Alexander, 1948)
D. gowdeyi (Alexander, 1933)
D. haetara Johns and Jenner, 2006
D. margarita Alexander, 1924
D. moiwana Alexander, 1924
D. neoelegans (Alexander, 1954)
D. nigroclavata (Alexander, 1943)
D. parargus (Edwards, 1933)
D. parvispinula (Alexander, 1947)
D. striata Edwards, 1923
D. taivanella (Alexander, 1930)
D. tessellata (Osten Sacken, 1894)
D. venustula (Alexander, 1929)

References

Johns, Peter M.; Jenner, Lesley (2006). "The Crane-Fly Genus Discobola' (Diptera: Tipulidae: Limoniinae) In New Zealand". Records of the Canterbury Museum (PDF). Christchurch, New Zealand: Canterbury Museum. 20: 35–53.

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