Thursday, May 23, 2024

[Entomology • 2022] Dichetophora koreana & D. nigricorpa • First Record of the Snail-killing Fly Genus Dichetophora Rondani (Diptera: Sciomyzidae) in Korea, with Descriptions of Two New Species


  Dichetophora nigricorpa  
Son & Suh, 2022


Abstract
This paper provides the first report of the snail-killing fly genus Dichetophora Rondani, 1868 on the Korean peninsula with the discovery of two new species, D. koreana sp. nov. and D. nigricorpa sp. nov. Descriptions and illustrations of the new species and keys to the Palearctic species of this genus are given.

 Keywords: Diptera, Dichetophora koreanaDichetophora nigricorpa, new species, Korea
 
  Dichetophora nigricorpa sp. nov. (male, holotype).
habitus in left lateral view.


Yeongjin Son and Sang Jae Suh. 2022. First Record of the Snail-killing Fly Genus Dichetophora Rondani (Diptera: Sciomyzidae) in Korea, with Descriptions of Two New Species. Zootaxa. 5068.1; 125-132. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5068.1.6