Trichocera (Trichocera) mirabilis Alexander, 1934

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Trichocera (Trichocera) mirabilis Alexander, 1934

( Fig. 25 ; Nakamura & Saigusa 1997, Figs. 7–8 , 80–85)

Trichocera mirabilis Alexander, 1934: 20 .

Metatrichocera mirabilis: Dahl 1966: 97 .

Trichocera (Metatrichocera) mirabilis: Dahl & Alexander 1976: 14 . Trichocera (Trichocera) mirabilis: Krzemińska 2001a: 398 .

Distribution. Known from Korea ( Alexander 1934; Alexander 1938) and Japan ( Nakamura 1995; Nakamura & Saigusa 1997; Suzuki et al. 2007).

Examined material ( Fig. 39 ): 1 male, 1 female (same pin), North Korea, Ompo , alt. 800 ft . , 0 5.11.1937, coll. A. M. Yankovsky; 1 male (pinned) North Korea, Ompo , alt. 1200 ft . , 0 3.11.1937, coll. A. M. Yankovsky; 1 male (pinned) North Korea, Ompo , alt. 600 ft ., 10.11.1937, coll. A. M. Yankovsky (all USNM).

Previous records for Korea. 1 female, North Korea, Kongo-san, 0 8.10.1933, coll. Machida ; 1 male, North Korea, Kongo-san , 18.10.1933, coll. Machida ( Alexander 1934) ; North Korea, Yanchen , alt. 40 ft., 0 6.10.1937, coll. A. M. Yankovsky ; North Korea, Ompo , alt. 600 ft., 17.11.1937, coll. A. M. Yankovsky ; North Korea, Seren Mountains , alt. 1800 ft., 13.10.1937, coll. A. M. Yankovsky ( Alexander 1938).

Figures

FIGURES 20 – 30. 20. T. (T.) sakaguchii North Korea, Ompo, 0 3.11. 1937, male terminalia (USNM); 21. T. (M.) latilobata, male terminalia (from Alexander, 1938). 22. T. (S.) regelationis S. Korea, Gangwon-do Province, Jeokmok-ri, 0 2.01. 2015, male terminalia (KU); 23. T. (S.) sparsa S. Korea, Odaesan NP, 30.10 – 28.11.2013, male terminalia (NIBR); 24. T. (T.) sibirica North Korea, Seren Mountains, 0 3.10. 1937, male terminalia (USNM); 25. T. (T.) mirabilis N. Korea, Ompo, 0 5.11. 1937, male terminalia (USNM). Trichocera (Saltrichocera) latipons sp. nov. paratype male, S. Korea, Gyeonggi-do, Jeokmok-ri, 25.10. 2015 (KU): 26 – 27. Male terminalia; 28. Aedeagal complex, lateral view; 29. Tarsus with a claw; 30. Antennae, basal flagellomeres. Scale bar = 0.2 mm. Abbreviation: b—gonocoxal bridge.

FIGURES 1 – 9. Wings of: 1. Trichocera (Saltrichocera) sapporensis holotype, Japan, Sapporo, Sept. 1922, male (USNM); 2. T. (S.) maculipennis punctipennis S. Korea, Odaesan NP, 30.10 – 28.11.2013, male (NIBR); 3. T. (S.) maculipennis punctipennis S. Korea, Odaesan NP, 30.10 – 28.11.2013, female (NIBR); 4. T. (S.) maculipennis pictipennis Russia, Sidemi, 0 7.10. 1897, female (ZIN); 5. T. (S.) punctipennis India, Simla Hills, 25.04. 1907, male (BMNH) (part of the abdomen is visible through the basis of the wing); 6. T. (S.) punctipennis (Brunetti, 1912); 7. T. (T.) tuberculifera allotype, N. Korea, Seren Mts., 0 3.10. 1937, female (USNM); 8. T. (S.) latipons sp. nov., paratype, S. Korea, Gyeonggi-do, Jeokmok-ri, 25.10. 2015, male (KU); Male terminalia: 9. Paracladura rasnitsyni, North Korea, Ompo, 28.05. 1938, dorsal and lateral view with long hook-like parameres (USNM). Scale bar = 0.2 mm. Abbreviation: p—parameres.

FIGURES 31 – 42. Collecting sites of Trichoceridae in Korean Peninsula. 31. Paracladura rasnitsyni; 32. T. (M.) latilobata; 33. T. (S.) latipons sp. nov.; 34. T. (S.) regelationis; 35. T. (S.) sparsa; 36. T. (S.) maculipennis punctipennis; 37. T. (T.) hiemalis; 38. T. (T.) major; 39. T. (T.) mirabilis; 40. T. (T.) sakaguchii; 41. T. (T.) sibirica; 42. T. (T.) tuberculifera.