Tetanocera elata (FABRICIUS, 1781)

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 : 381

Tetanocera elata (FABRICIUS, 1781)

Tetanocera elata belongs to the species group with an intensively darkened costal margin of the wing. It is distiguished from the related T. phyllophora MELANDER, 1920 , by the whitish occipital spot being broadly interrupted by a brown central area and the structures of the male terminalia (see ROZKOŠNÝ 1987).

Distribution: It is widely distributed from Europe to Japan. These are the first records for South Korea.

Material examined: South Korea: Gangwon-do , Hongcheon-gun , Unduryeong (Pass), 37° 42.3´N, 128°26.4´E, 1100 m, grassland, 17.vi. 2005, 1 m, MERZ, CHOI, LEE & HWANG leg.; Gangwon-do , Hoengseon-gun, Mt. Cheongtaesan, 37°30.4´N, 128°18.0´E, 900–1200 m, forest, hilltop, 18.vi. 2005, 1 m, MERZ, HAN, CHOI, LEE & HWANG leg.; Gangwon-do , Hoengseon-gun, N valley of Mt. Gyebangsan, 37°44.5´N, 128°26.2´E, 770–900 m, riverbed & ruderal, 23.vi. 2005, 2 m, MERZ & LEE leg. All R . ROZKOŠNÝ det., in MHNG and YSUW.