Pherbellia nana reticulata THOMSON, 1869

Rozkošný, R., Knutson, L. & Merz, B., 2010, A Review Of The Korean Sciomyzidae (Diptera) With Taxonomic And Distributional Notes, Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 56 (4), pp. 371-382 : 374

Pherbellia nana reticulata THOMSON, 1869

Pherbellia nana nana (FALLÉN, 1820) is characterised by its small size, dark apical rings on femora and tibiae, and typical pattern on wings. P. nana reticulata differs from the typical form by the more extensive wing pattern.

Distribution: The species is Holarctic, ranging throughout the Palaearctic Region. In the East Palaearctic the subspecies reticulata is known to occur in Russian southern Siberia and Maritime Territory, Mongolia, China and Japan ( ROZKOŠNÝ & ELBERG 1984, SUEYOSHI 2001) and penetrates to some parts of the Oriental region (see Nepal in KNUTSON 1977) as well. Our female represents the first reliable record from South Korea which is documented in a note by KNUTSON (1977) as “ Korea ”.

Material examined: Russia: Buryatia, Ulan Ude , 28.vii. 1971, 2 m, 1 f, K. ELBERG leg. et det., in USNM . China: Charbin [=Harbin], 10.viii. 1938, 1 m, M. A. WOMARO leg., in USNM ; June 1952, 1 m, 3 f, V. ALIN leg., in ZFMK; Shanghai, 20.iv. 1937, 1 m, 1 f, collector unknown, in ZFMK . South Korea: near Seol /= Soeul /, vi 1955, 1 f, light trap, collector unknown, in USNM ; Japan: Okinawa, Shimabuku , 20.v.–1.vi. 1945, 1 m, C. T . PARSONS & F. W. WERNER leg., in MCZ; except for Russian specimens all L. KNUTSON det .