Antocha (Antocha) Osten Sacken, 1860

Podenas, Sigitas & Byun, Hye-Woo, 2013, Antochini crane flies (Diptera: Limoniidae: Limoniinae) of Korea, Journal of Species Research 2 (2), pp. 167-184 : 169

Antocha (Antocha) Osten Sacken, 1860

One hundred eleven species belong to nominative subgenus Antocha (Antocha) Osten Sacken ( Oosterbroek, 2013). All Korean species also belong to subgenus Antocha (Antocha) . Species belonging to subgenus Antocha (Antocha) are characterised by the combination of the following characteristics: wide wing, with large, right angled anal lobe and closed discal cell. Legs always long and slender, covered with short semi-erect setae. Cercus of ovipositor usually with smooth lower margin. Sometimes lower margin of cercus serrated, what was originally thought as unique feature only for subgenus Antocha (Proantocha) . The highest diversity of species occurs in Oriental Region (59 species), with 44 species described from India alone. High diversity is in Eastpalaearctic (34 species), with highest diversity in Palaearctic part of China (16 species) and Japan with nine endemic species and additional four species shared with Far East of Russia and Korea. Seven species are shared between Oriental and Eastpalaearctic. Westpalaearctic has only two endemic species and two species, that are widely distributed also in Eastpalaearctic. Nearctic has seven species, with one of them ( A. monticola Alexander, 1917 ) distributes as far south as Mexico, thus adding Neotropic element not only to subgenus, but also to the whole genus Antocha .

No fossil species, belonging to this subgenus are known so far.