New records of Micropezidae (Diptera, Acalyptratae) from South Korea, with description of a new species of Rainieria Rondani
Author
Kim, Wonwoong
0000-0001-5837-1048
College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America. wonwoong @ umich. edu; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 5837 - 1048
wonwoong@umich.edu
Author
Weele, Ruud Van Der
Kloosterlaan 6, NL 4111 LG Zoelmond, the Netherlands
Author
Lee, Seunghwan
Insect Biosystematics Laboratory, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul 151 - 921, Republic of Korea. & Research Institute for Agricultural and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 151 - 921, Republic of Korea
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Zootaxa
2022
2022-08-24
5178
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26
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journal article
129661
10.11646/zootaxa.5178.1.2
66ceb082-2ee4-4e5f-bec4-950a35c67451
1175-5326
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Genus
Mimegralla
Rondani, 1850
Mimegralla
Rondani, 1850: 180
Type
species:
Calobata coeruleifrons
Macquart, 1844: 246
Comments.
Mimegralla
is a large genus containing more than 60 species in the Oriental and Australasian region. However, the concept of this genus has been confusing since most species were described without detailed definition of the genus, and as a result it is highly possible that multiple species groups have been collectively referred as
Mimegralla
. For example, formal Afrotropical
Mimegralla
mainly described by
Verbeke (1951)
are now believed to belong in
Hybobata
Enderlein (
Marshall 2017
)
.
Since this genus is in need of a thorough revision (
McAlpine 1998
,
Marshall 2017
,
2019
), effectively redefining this genus and providing diagnosis clearly exceeds the scope of this paper. Consequently, we restrict the diagnosis for the single species treated in this paper, and deposit the specimen in National Institute of Biological Resources,
Korea
(NIBR) for the future.