A New Species of Dolichopus (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) from Japan

Abstract

Th e fauna of the family Dolichopodidae of Japan is not fully studied until now, despite that currently more than 120 species are known from this area. While in the view of its boundary location between the Oriental and Palaearctic Regions the fauna of this area consists of about 300 species of the family Dolichopodidae.By the present time only seven species of the genus Dolichopus Latreille were recorded from Japan: Dolichopus crassicosta

New Data on the Genus Dolichopus Latreille, 1796 (Dolichopodidae, Diptera) From Japan

“…Dolichopus mediovenus Negrobov, 1977 was originally described from Primorye, Russia [Negrobov, 1977]. The record from Japan was documented in [Negrobov et al, 2014].…”

A new species of Dolichopus Latreille, 1796 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Japan

“…In Japan, the following six species of the genus were previously known: Dolichopus crassicosta Parent, 1926 was described from Japan [Parent, 1926]; Dolichopus gubernator Mik, 1878 was recorded from Japan by Wada et al [2007]; Dolichopus nitidus Fallén, 1823 was reported from Japan [A check list…., 1989]; Dolichopus plumipes (Scopoli, 1763) was recorded from Hokkaido [The Insects..., 1983]; Dolichopus ptenopedilus Meuffels, 1981 was described from Hokkaido [Meuffels, 1981]; Dolichopus satoi Negrobov, Fursov et Selivanova, 2014[Negrobov, Fursov, Selivanova, 2014.…”