# Discobola

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***Discobola*** is a genus of [crane fly](/source/Tipuloidea) in the family [Limoniidae](/source/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](/source/Genitalia).[1]

## Distribution

[New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand), [Australia](/source/Australia) & [Chile](/source/Chile).[1]

## Species

- *[D. acurostris](/source/Discobola_acurostris)* ([Alexander](/source/Charles_Paul_Alexander), 1943)
- *[D. annulata](/source/Discobola_annulata)* ([Linnaeus](/source/Carl_Linnaeus), [1758](/source/10th_edition_of_Systema_Naturae))
- *[D. armorica](/source/Discobola_armorica)* ([Alexander](/source/Charles_Paul_Alexander), 1942)
- *[D. australis](/source/Discobola_australis)* ([Skuse](/source/Frederick_A._Askew_Skuse), 1890)
- *[D. boninensis](/source/Discobola_boninensis)* ([Alexander](/source/Charles_Paul_Alexander), 1972)
- *[D. caesarea](/source/Discobola_caesarea)* ([Osten Sacken](/source/Carl_Robert_Osten-Sacken), 1854)
- *[D. calamites](/source/Discobola_calamites)* ([Alexander](/source/Charles_Paul_Alexander), 1959)
- *[D. caledoniae](/source/Discobola_caledoniae)* ([Alexander](/source/Charles_Paul_Alexander), 1948)
- *[D. dicycla](/source/Discobola_dicycla)* [Edwards](/source/Frederick_Wallace_Edwards), 1923
- *[D. dohrni](/source/Discobola_dohrni)* ([Osten Sacken](/source/Carl_Robert_Osten-Sacken), 1894)
- *[D. epiphragmoides](/source/Discobola_epiphragmoides)* ([Edwards](/source/Frederick_Wallace_Edwards), 1933)
- *[D. euthenia](/source/Discobola_euthenia)* ([Alexander](/source/Charles_Paul_Alexander), 1958)
- *[D. freyana](/source/Discobola_freyana)* (Nielsen, 1961)
- *[D. fumihalterata](/source/Discobola_fumihalterata)* ([Alexander](/source/Charles_Paul_Alexander), 1955)
- *[D. gibberina](/source/Discobola_gibberina)* ([Alexander](/source/Charles_Paul_Alexander), 1948)
- *[D. gowdeyi](/source/Discobola_gowdeyi)* ([Alexander](/source/Charles_Paul_Alexander), 1933)
- *[D. haetara](/source/Discobola_haetara)* Johns and Jenner, 2006
- *[D. margarita](/source/Discobola_margarita)* [Alexander](/source/Charles_Paul_Alexander), 1924
- *[D. moiwana](/source/Discobola_moiwana)* [Alexander](/source/Charles_Paul_Alexander), 1924
- *[D. neoelegans](/source/Discobola_neoelegans)* ([Alexander](/source/Charles_Paul_Alexander), 1954)
- *[D. nigroclavata](/source/Discobola_nigroclavata)* ([Alexander](/source/Charles_Paul_Alexander), 1943)
- *[D. parargus](/source/Discobola_parargus)* ([Edwards](/source/Frederick_Wallace_Edwards), 1933)
- *[D. parvispinula](/source/Discobola_parvispinula)* ([Alexander](/source/Charles_Paul_Alexander), 1947)
- *[D. striata](/source/Discobola_striata)* [Edwards](/source/Frederick_Wallace_Edwards), 1923
- *[D. taivanella](/source/Discobola_taivanella)* ([Alexander](/source/Charles_Paul_Alexander), 1930)
- *[D. tessellata](/source/Discobola_tessellata)* ([Osten Sacken](/source/Carl_Robert_Osten-Sacken), 1894)
- *[D. venustula](/source/Discobola_venustula)* ([Alexander](/source/Charles_Paul_Alexander), 1929)

## References

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

- ["Catalogue of the Craneflies of the World (Diptera, Tipuloidea: Pediciidae, Limoniidae, Cylindrotomidae, Tipulidae)"](https://ccw.naturalis.nl/). Naturalis Biodiversity Center.

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