Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity

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First Record of the Family Curtonotidae (Diptera: Ephydroidea) from Korea with One Unrecorded Species

  • Dongmin Kim (Department of Applied Biology, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Young-Kun Kim (School of Applied Biosciences, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Sang Jae Suh (Department of Plant Medicine, Kyungpook National University)
  • Received : 2023.10.23
  • Accepted : 2023.11.29
  • Published : 2024.01.31
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Abstract

The family Curtonotidae, known as the Hunchbacked or Quasimodo fly, is a small group of acalyptrate flies belonging to the superfamily Ephydroidea. Until now, a total of 103 species under four genera have been recorded worldwide, mainly distributed in tropical and subtropical areas. Among them, only five species of the genus Curtonotum Macquart, 1843 have been recorded in the Palaearctic region, mainly in the Russian Far East, but there are still no previous reports in the Korean fanua. In this study, we firstly report the family Curtonotidae Duda, 1934 from Korea with Curtonotum maritimum Ozerov, 2007. Additionally, we provide taxonomic information and a key for the Palaearctic Curtonotum species.

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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 (NIBRGP202401).

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