A new species of the genus (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) from Korea with checklist and key to species of the genus.

Biodivers Data J

Department of Applied Biology, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea Department of Applied Biology, Kyungpook National University Daegu Republic of Korea.

Published: July 2024

Background: Parent, 1935 is a small genus consisting of three species only from the Afrotropical region.

New Information: During a survey of the long-legged flies from Korea, the authors discovered a new species, Detailed morphological characters and photographs of the new species, as well as a checklist and key to species of this genus, are provided herein. The two species described from Oriental China, Lin & Yang, 2022 and Yang & Gaimari, 2004, are transferred to Parent, 1935 () by similarity in external morphological characters.

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