Limnophila Macquart, 1834

Podenas, Sigitas & Byun, Sun-Jae Park and Hye-Woo, 2022, Limnophila crane flies (Diptera: Limoniidae) of Korea, Journal of Species Research 11 (2), pp. 117-127 : 120

Key to Korean species of the genus Limnophila Macquart

1. Prescutal stripes distinct, polished black ( Fig. 3B ). Wing cell m 1 short, nearly twice as short as its stem ( Fig. 3A ). Male gonocoxite with apical spine ( Fig. 3C )················································································ Limnophila (Limnophila) politostriata Alexander, 1934a

- Prescutal stripes indistinct, mate gray or brown ( Fig. 2C ). Wing cell m 1 long, approximately as long as its stem or longer ( Figs. 1B , 2B ). Male gonocoxite with fleshy apical lobe ( Fig. 2D ) or simple, without additional structures ( Fig. 1C ) ·········································· 2

2. Frontal wing margin with four large spots reaching vein bM or CuA ( Fig. 2B ), male gonocoxite with fleshy apical lobe ( Fig. 2D ) ·········································· ···· Limnophila (Limnophila) pictipennis ( Meigen, 1818)

- Spots at frontal wing margin small ( Fig. 1B ), male gonocoxite without additional structures apically ( Fig. 1C ) ··············································································· ····· Limnophila (Limnophila) japonica Alexander, 1913

Figures

Fig. 3. Limnophila (Limnophila) politostriata Alexander, 1934. A. wing. B. thorax and head, dorsal view. C. male genitalia, dorsal view. D. ovipositor, lateral view. Scale bars 0.5 mm.

Fig. 2. Limnophila (Limnophila) pictipennis Meigen, 1818. A. antenna. B. wing. C. thorax and head, dorsal view. D. male genitalia, dorsal view. E. ovipositor, lateral view. Scale bars 0.5mm.

Fig. 1. Limnophila (Limnophila) japonica Alexander, 1913. A. an- tenna. B. wing. C. male genitalia, dorsal view. D. ovipositor, lateral view. Scale bars 0.5mm.