Holorusia

Holorusia
Holorusia sp. female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Suborder:	Nematocera
Infraorder:	Tipulomorpha
Superfamily:	Tipuloidea
Family:	Tipulidae
Subfamily:	Tipulinae
Genus:	Holorusia Loew, 1863
Type species
Holorusia rubiginosa Loew, 1863 [= hespera Arnaud & Byers, 1990]
Species
see text

Holorusia is a genus of true crane fly, including the largest known crane fly species, Holorusia mikado . ^[1]

Biology

The larvae are aquatic.

Distribution

Asia & Australasia.

Species

• H. aberrans (Alexander, 1920)
• H. agni Alexander, 1971
• H. albicostigma (Alexander, 1950)
• H. albovittata (Macquart, 1838)
• H. andrewsi (Edwards, 1932)
• H. astarte (Alexander, 1949)
• H. basiflava Yang & Yang, 1993
• H. bioculata (Alexander, 1967)
• H. bitruncata (Alexander, 1950)
• H. borneensis (Brunetti, 1918)
• H. bourbonica (Alexander, 1957)
• H. brobdignagia (Westwood, 1876)
• H. calliergon (Alexander, 1940)
• H. carmichaeli (Brunetti, 1913)
• H. castanea (Macquart, 1838)
• H. cerbereana (Alexander, 1942)
• H. clavipes (Edwards, 1921)
• H. conspicabilis Skuse, 1890
• H. cressida (Alexander, 1953)
• H. damuda Evenhuis, 2006
• H. degeneri Alexander, 1978
• H. dives (Brunetti, 1912)
• H. dohrniana (Enderlein, 1912)
• H. dorsopleuralis (Alexander, 1957)
• H. dravidica (Edwards, 1932)
• H. elobata (Alexander, 1967)
• H. esakii (Takahashi, 1960)
• H. festivipennis (Edwards, 1933)
• H. fijiensis (Alexander, 1921)
• H. flava (Brunetti, 1911)
• H. flavoides (Brunetti, 1918)
• H. fulvipes (Edwards, 1921)
• H. fulvolateralis (Brunetti, 1911)
• H. glebosa Alexander, 1971
• H. globulicornis (Alexander, 1935)
• H. goliath (Alexander, 1941)
• H. hainanensis Yang & Yang, 1997
• H. hansoni (Alexander, 1963)
• H. henana Yang, 1999
• H. herculeana (Alexander, 1941)
• H. hespera Arnaud & Byers, 1990
• H. ignicaudata (Alexander, 1935)
• H. illex (Alexander, 1947)
• H. impictipleura (Alexander, 1957)
• H. inclyta (Alexander, 1949)
• H. incurvata Yang & Yang, 1993
• H. inventa (Walker, 1848)
• H. japvoensis (Alexander, 1953)
• H. lacunosa Alexander, 1971
• H. laticellula (Alexander, 1949)
• H. lepida (Alexander, 1924)
• H. leptostylus (Alexander, 1963)
• H. liberta (Alexander, 1935)
• H. lieftincki (Edwards, 1932)
• H. lineaticeps (Edwards, 1932)
• H. lombokensis (Alexander, 1942)
• H. luteistigmata (Alexander, 1963)
• H. majestica (Brunetti, 1911)
• H. makara (Alexander, 1967)
• H. malayensis (Edwards, 1932)
• H. mamare Evenhuis, 2006
• H. mara (Alexander, 1953)
• H. mikado (Westwood, 1876)
• H. mitra Alexander, 1969
• H. molybros (Alexander, 1957)
• H. monochroa (Wiedemann, 1828)
• H. nagana (Alexander, 1953)
• H. nampoina (Alexander, 1963)
• H. nigricauda (Edwards, 1925)
• H. nigrofemorata (Alexander, 1967)
• H. nimba (Alexander, 1936)
• H. nirvana (Alexander, 1961)
• H. novaeguineae (de Meijere, 1913)
• H. nudicaudata (Edwards, 1932)
• H. ochripes (Brunetti, 1911)
• H. oosterbroeki Yang & Yang, 1997
• H. ornatithorax (Brunetti, 1911)
• H. palauensis (Alexander, 1940)
• H. pallescens (Edwards, 1926)
• H. pallifrons (Edwards, 1932)
• H. pauliani (Alexander, 1955)
• H. penumbrina (Edwards, 1919)
• H. percontracta (Alexander, 1947)
• H. perobtusa (Alexander, 1961)
• H. persessilis (Alexander, 1941)
• H. picturata Evenhuis, 2006
• H. pluto (Brunetti, 1911)
• H. praepotens (Wiedemann, 1828)
• H. punctifrons (Rondani, 1875)
• H. punctipennis (Edwards, 1926)
• H. quadrifasciculata (Alexander, 1935)
• H. quathlambica (Alexander, 1956)
• H. radama (Alexander, 1963)
• H. rector (Edwards, 1926)
• H. regia (Alexander, 1935)
• H. rex (Alexander, 1917)
• H. rogeziana (Alexander, 1955)
• H. sakarahana (Alexander, 1960)
• H. schlingeri Evenhuis, 2006
• H. similis (Edwards, 1921)
• H. simplicitarsis (Alexander, 1963)
• H. siva (Alexander, 1950)
• H. sordidithorax (Alexander, 1953)
• H. striaticeps (Alexander, 1957)
• H. sufflava (Alexander, 1957)
• H. umbrina (Wiedemann, 1828)
• H. vanewrighti Alexander, 1971
• H. viettei (Alexander, 1957)
• H. vinsoniana (Alexander, 1956)
• H. vishnu Alexander, 1971
• H. walkeriana (Alexander, 1924)
• H. yama Alexander, 1969

References

1. World's Largest Crane Fly

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