Antochini crane flies (Diptera: Limoniidae: Limoniinae) of Korea
Author
Podenas, Sigitas
Author
Byun, Hye-Woo
text
Journal of Species Research
2013
2013-08-31
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http://dx.doi.org/10.12651/jsr.2013.2.2.167
journal article
10.12651/JSR.2013.2.2.167
2713-8615
13145658
Elliptera jacoti
Alexander, 1925
Alexander, 1925b: 388
;
Savchenko and Krivolutskaya, 1976: 113
;
Savchenko, 1983: 109
.
General coloration brown to grayish brown, body sparsely pruinose. Body length of male
4.2-8.7 mm
, female
5.7-7.2 mm
. Wing length of male
8.8-16.1 mm
, female
8.8-12.2 mm
.
Head black, covered with gray pruinosity, especially anteriorly and at the margins of eyes. Antenna brown, 16-segmented. Male antenna
1.7-2.4 mm
long, female
1.4-1.8 mm
. Scape brown with darkened apex, cylindrical. Pedicel brown, oval. Basal flagellomeres with light brown base and darkened apex, distal flagellomeres dark brown. Flagellomeres narrow basally, strongly dilated at about two thirds of length, with distinc apical pedicels. Apical flagellomere elongate, nearly cylindrical, longer than preceeding segment. Verticils approximately as long as respective segments. Dense short pubescence covers all flagellomeres. Rostrum dark brown dorsally, yellowish brown ventrally. Palpus dark brown, covered with short erect setae.
Thorax brown, covered with gray pruinosity. Pronotal scutum brown, posteriorly ringed with light brown, sides covered with sparse pruinosity. Mesonotal prescutum uniformly shiny brown dorsally, sides mate gray covered with dense pruinosity. Prescutal stripes not expressed. Scutellum brown, slightly lighter posterio-laterally. Mediotergite uniformly brown, covered with sparce pruinosity. Pleura uniformly brown, covered with gray pruinosity. Wing tinged with brown. Male wing (
Fig. 4A
) with widened distal part of cell
sc
, thus tip of wing is blunt and widely rounded. Female wing (
Fig. 4B
) with usual, not widened distal part of cell
sc
, thus wing apex is more narrow, than in male. Cell
r
3
distally strongly widened in both sexes. Discal cell missing, basal deflection of vein
CuA
1
some distance before branching point of
M
. Both anal veins long and nearly straight. Frontal wing margin slightly darker than rest membrane of wing. Stigma indistinct or completely lacking. Cord surrounded by dark band. Haltere with dark brown knob and yellowish base of stem. Coxae yellow with testaceous bases. Darkening on frontal pair more intense than on second and posterior pair. Trochanters yellowish, rimmed with black distally. Legs generally brown with slightly darkened tips of femur, tibia and distal segments of tarsus. Male claw with two unequal teeth, shorter at base, longer before middle. Female claw simple, toothless.
Abdomen brownish dorsally, light brown ventrally. Male abdominal tergites brownish, covered with pruinosity, bearing darker lateral and posterior margins. Female abdomen with weak median line. Basal sternites of male abdomen light brown, distal sternites dark brown. Sternites of female abdomen light brown. Male genitalia (
Fig. 4D
) rusty brown. Ovipositor (
Fig. 4G
) with tenth tergite dark brown, cercus and hypovalvae yellowish brown. Cercus with rised apical part.
Flight period.
lasts from late May through end of October in
Korea
.
Habitat.
shaded wet rocks.
Distribution.
Recorded from Eastern
China
,
North Korea
, South-West Siberia and Far East of
Russia
. Collected from the elevation
30-1500 m
in
Korea
.
Examined material.
1
J
,
Korea
,
Mt
.
Kongo
,
1933.10. 18
, coll G.
Machida
;
North Korea
,
Ompo
, altitude
160 feet
(approximately
50 m
),
1937.06.3
, coll.
A. Yankovsky
; 3
JJ
, 5
¥¥
,
North Korea
,
Ompo
, altitude
120 feet
(approximately
35 m
),
1937.06.10
, coll.
A. Yankovsky
; 2
¥¥
,
North Korea
,
Ompo
,
1937.06.12
, coll.
A. Yankovsky
; 1
J
,
Korea
,
Seren
, altitude
4700 feet
(approximately
1400 m
),
1937.10.2
, coll.
A. Yankovsky
; 1
J
,
North Korea
,
Ompo area
, altitude
800 feet
(approximately
240 m
),
1937.10.7
, coll.
A. Yankovsky
; 1
J
,
North Korea
,
Ompo
, altitude
400 feet
(approximately
120 m
),
1937.10. 30
, coll.
A. Yankovsky
; 1
J
,
North Korea
,
Ompo
, altitude
150 feet
(approximately
50 m
),
1938.05.26
, coll.
A. Yankovsky
; 1
J
,
North Korea
,
Kankyo Nando
,
Puksu Pyaksan
, altitude
5000 feet
(approximately
1500 m
),
1939.07. 11
, coll.
A. Yankovsky
; 1
J
,
North Korea
,
Kankyo Nando
,
Puksu Pyaksan
, altitude
5000 feet
(approximately
1500 m
),
1939.08.11
, coll.
A. Yankovsky
; 1
J
,
North Korea
,
Kankyo Nando
,
Puksu Pyaksan
, altitude
4000 feet
(approximately
1200 m
),
1939.08.14
, coll.
A. Yankovsky. Also
compared with determined specimens from adjacent regions including
Holotype
, 1
J
,
China
,
Taishan
,
Shantung
, 1923.07, coll.
A. Jacot
;
Allotype
, 1
¥
,
China
,
Taishan
,
Shantung
, 1923.07, coll.
A. Jacot
, det.
C. Alexander
; metatype, 1
¥
,
China
,
Szechwan
,
Mt. Omei
, altitude
3500 feet
(approximately
1100 m
),
1931.08.14
, coll.
Franck
; metatypes, 2
JJ
,
China
,
Szechwan
,
Mt. Omei
, altitude
3500 feet
(approximately
1100 m
),
1931.08.17
, coll.
Franck
; metatype, 1
¥
,
China
, Tren-mu-shan, N.
Caekiang
,
1937.05.31
, coll.
E. Suenson
;
metatypes, 2
JJ
, 1
¥
,
USSR
[
Russia
, Far East],
Sichote Alin Reserve
,
1969.09.13
, coll.
P. Budyljova.
Previous records for
Korea
.
Alexander (1934)
writes, that
E. jacoti
is present in Korea (North Korea), but gives no information about studied specimens.