Taxonomic study of the genus Epiphragma of Japan (Diptera: Limoniidae)
Kato Daichi, Nakamura Takeyuki, Tachi Takuji
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 60(2): 449-461, 2020
Published online: 1st August 2020
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Abstract: Japanese species of the genus Epiphragma Osten Sacken, 1860 are
revised. Epiphragma amamiense sp. nov. is described, and E.
gracilistylus Alexander, 1933 and E. kempi Brunetti, 1913 are
recorded from Japan for the first time. It is revealed that records of E.
evanescens Alexander, 1940 from Japan were based on misidentifications of
E. gracilistylus and E. trichomerum Alexander,
1955. Therefore, a total of six species are recognized from Japan, and the
previous records which based on misidentifications are corrected. Male and
female terminalia of these six species are illustrated and a key to these
species is provided.
Key words: Diptera, Tipuloidea, Limoniidae, Limnophilinae, Epiphragma, crane fly, new species, new record, Japan, Palaearctic Region