New Lipsothrix (Diptera: Limoniidae) from Korea

Sigitas Podenas, Matthew Petersen, A. Young Kim, Sun Jae Park, Hye Woo Byun, Hong Yul Seo

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Abstract

Lipsothrix odaesana Podenas & Petersen, sp. nov. from South Korea is described and illustrated. It is the only species of Lipsothrix Loew, 1873 recorded so far from the Korean Peninsula. Elevation range, period of activity, habitat information and a distribution map are presented.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)561-568
Number of pages8
JournalZootaxa
Volume4688
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2019

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
We are very grateful for J. C. Thomas, University of Kansas and Dr. J. K. Gelhaus, The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, who helped us with loans of Korean specimens from Smithsonian Institution and Kansas University collections. Our special thanks to R. Markevičiűtë (Nature Research Centre, Lithuania), who helped to measure and arrange Korean specimens and Dr. M. Dagys (Nature Research Centre, Lithuania) for his help with distribution map. This work was supported by a grant from the National Institute of Biological Resources (NIBR), funded by the Ministry of Environment (MOE) of the Republic of Korea (NIBR201902108).

Funding Information:
We are very grateful for J. C. Thomas, University of Kansas and Dr. J. K. Gelhaus, The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, who helped us with loans of Korean specimens from Smithsonian Institution and Kansas University collections. Our special thanks to R. Markevi?i?t? (Nature Research Centre, Lithuania), who helped to measure and arrange Korean specimens and Dr. M. Dagys (Nature Research Centre, Lithuania) for his help with distribution map. This work was supported by a grant from the National Institute of Biological Resources (NIBR), funded by the Ministry of Environment (MOE) of the Republic of Korea (NIBR201902108).

Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2019 Magnolia Press

Keywords

  • East Palearctic
  • Far East of Russia
  • Habitat
  • Japan
  • New species
  • South Korea
  • Taxonomy

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