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Prionolabis crane flies (Diptera: Limoniidae) of Korea

  • Received : 2021.10.15
  • Accepted : 2021.11.23
  • Published : 2022.02.28
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Abstract

This study is based on crane fly specimens collected more than 80 years ago in 1938-1939 and preserved at the United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA. Despite many attempts with a variety of methods, no additional specimens of this genus were captured. This likely means that that this genus is extinct on the Korean Peninsula, or its distribution is restricted to the northern areas of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea). The genus Prionolabis Osten Sacken, 1860 with four species, one of them Prionolabis dis(Alexander, 1950) endemic to North Korea, was recorded by Ch. P. Alexander (Alexander, 1938, 1940, 1950). All succeeding papers listing these species were based on these original works without study based on actual specimens. For each species, we present general information on genus, redescriptions of species based on Korean specimens, illustrations of important taxonomical structures, elevation range, period of activity, habitat information, general distribution, and a distribution map for the Korean Peninsula.

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Acknowledgement

Our warmest thanks to all Korean friends and colleagues who helped us during our visits to South Korea and all those who helped to collect crane flies. We are very grateful for Dr. F. Shockley and Dr. T. Dikow (USNM), Dr. J. K. Gelhaus(Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, U. S. A.) for the possibility to use specimens from the USNM collections, Dr. J. Litman for the specimens from the Natural History Museum in Neuchatel, Switzerland. Special thanks are extended to Dr. M. Dagys for his help to prepare distribution maps. 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 (NIBR202102111).

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