Trichocera (Saltrichocera) sparsa Starý & Martinovský, 1996

Petrašiūnas, Andrius & Podenas, Sigitas, 2017, New data on winter crane flies (Diptera: Trichoceridae) of Korea with description of a new species, Zootaxa 4311 (4), pp. 561-575 : 567

Trichocera (Saltrichocera) sparsa Starý & Martinovský, 1996

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Trichocera (Trichocera) sparsa Starý & Martinovský, 1996 , Figs. 8 , 17 , 23, 29 , 33 . Trichocera (Metatrichocera) sparsa: Starý 1998: 185 .

Trichocera (Saltrichocera) sparsa: Krzemińska 2002: 204 .

Distribution. The species is recorded from many European countries: Czech Republic, Poland, Switzerland ( Starý & Martinovský 1996), Findland ( Krzemińska & Gorzka 2014), Hungary ( Krzemińska 2003), Lithuania ( Petrašiūnas & Visarčuk 2007), Norway ( Hågvar & Krzemińska 2007), Romania ( Ujvarosi & Krzemińska 2002; Verdes et al. 2005), Russia ( Petrašiūnas & Paramonov 2013, 2014), Slovak Republic ( Starý & Martinovský 1996; Starý 2009), Sweden ( Starý & Martinovský 1996; Krzeminska & Gorzka 2014).

Examined material ( Fig. 35 ): 3 males, 1 female (in ethanol), S. Korea, Gangwon-do , Pyeongchang-gun , Jinbumyeon, Dongsan-ri, Odaesan NP, N37.76583, E128.57727, alt. 768 m, st. 2, 30.10– 28.11.2013, coll. S.- J. Park, S.- B. Oh, Flight interception trap ( NIBR).

Notes. The specimens of T. sparsa collected from Korea again raise the question of identity of Trichocera japonica Matsumura. Starý & Martinovský (1996) considered T. japonica to be a species of uncertain identity, not conspecific with any of their newly described species, although in general the male terminalia of this species in the drawings of Tokunaga (1938, Figs. 13, 19 , 25, 26 ) look similar to T. sparsa . All specimens we examined had sparse setae both on the anepimeron and metepisternum, a feature typical for T. sparsa in Europe, but there is nothing known about pleural setae of T. japonica . Unfortunately, the types of T. japonica were not available for this study, so the question of identity of this species remains open.

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 10 – 19. 10. T (S.) sapporensis holotype, Japan, Sapporo, Sept. 1922, male terminalia (USNM); 11. T. (S.) maculipennis punctipennis S. Korea, Odaesan NP, 30.10 – 28.11.2013, male terminalia (NIBR). 12. T. (S.) punctipennis India, Naini Tal., 0 1.03. 1934, Brit. Mus. 1934 – 263, male terminalia (BMNH). 13. T. (S.) punctipennis India, Naini Tal., 15.02. 1934, Brit. Mus. 1934 – 143, female terminalia (BMNH). Trichocera (T.) tuberculifera: 14 Allotype, female terminalia, 15 – 17 Holotype # 6549 male, N. Korea, Seren Mts., 0 3.10. 1937 (USNM); 15. tarsus with a claw; 16. antenna; 17. male terminalia. 18. T. (T.) hiemalis, S. Korea, Jeollabuk-do Province, Piagol village, 27.04. 2012, male terminalia (NIBR); 19. T. (T.) major holotype, Great Britain, Shefford Beds, 17.11. 1917, male terminalia (BMNH). 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.