Crane Flies (Diptera: Tipulidae) in Trinidad Caves

Authors

  • Johanna P. E. C. Darlington Zoology Department, University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad
  • Jon K. Gelhaus Department of Entomology, Academy of Natural Sciences, 1900 Benjamin Franklyn Parkway, Philadelphia, PA 19103-1195, USA

Keywords:

Crane Flies, Diptera: Tipulidae, Cryptolabis, Gnophomyia, Helius, Teucholabis, New records, Trinidad

Abstract

Seven species of crane flies were collected in three Trinidad caves (Oropouche, Aripo Main and Aripo Soho). Four of them represent new generic records for Trinidad (Cryptolabis, Gnophomyia, Helius, Teucholabis), and one species, Erioptera (Mesocyphona) troglodyta Edwards, is recorded for the first time since its description in 1918. Species in the genera Cryptolabis and Helius appear to be true troglobites, with the remaining crane fly species probably troglophiles or trogloxenes.

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Published

1993-11-30

Issue

Living World 1993-1994

Section

Articles