Revision of Japanese species of Nipponomyia Alexander, 1924 (Diptera, Pediciidae)

Abstract

Japanese species of the genus Nipponomyia Alexander, 1924 are revised. Two new species, Nipponomyia okinawensis Kolcsár & Kato, sp. nov. and N. yakushimensis Kolcsár & Kato, sp. nov. are described from the Ryukyu Islands. Images of habitus and wings, illustrations of male and female terminalia, and distribution maps are provided for the Japanese species. A key to the world species of Nipponomyia is added. DNA barcodes of three Japanese Nipponomyia are provided, representing the first barcodes from the genus.

Synopsis of the genus Ulomorpha Osten Sacken, 1869 (Diptera, Limoniidae) in Japan

“…The crane fly fauna of the Nansei Islands or Ryukyu Arc is poorly known, and the new species and new distribution records are recently reported ( Kato 2020 ; Kolcsár et al 2020 , in press). The Amami Islands are in the northeastern part of the Oriental faunal realm.…”