Asilella londti Lehr, 1989

(Figs 2, 14, 28, 29 & 59)

Asilella londti Lehr, 1989 Lehr (1989:233) .

Medium sized yellow flies, 23mm. Tergites 1 and 2 black, remaining tergites bright yellow/gold setose. Fore basitarsus stout and thickened with strong bristles and apical spurs. Aedeagus long and slender, apex trifid, each pong widely open and circular (Figs. 28, 29). Male epandrial lobe rounded and generalized as in Machimus (Fig. 2). Gonostylus slender with truncated apex (Fig. 14). Female cercus free, elongated with rounded apex (Fig. 59).

Head: Mystax long with abundant yellow and black hair; face gold tomentose. Thorax: Chaetotaxy with 1 posthumeral bristle; 4–5 notopleural; 3 supraalar; 6 postalar, and an irregular row of 10 or more dorsocentral bristles. Scutellum black, disc with sparse long yellow hair; scutellar margin with 8 bristles. Pleurae covered in gray pollen, gold tomentum and long yellow hair. Legs: Black and orange/yellow. Femora black with yellow and black hair. Tibia orange/yellow with black and yellow hair; fore tibia black on anterior medial surface. Fore basitarsus stout, thickened with strong black ventral and apical bristles; mid and hind basitarsi more slender and elongated. Wings: Tinged dark apically and on posterior margin; marginal and submarginal cells strongly rippled. Abdomen: Black with long gold hair. Tergites 1–3 with medial sparse black hair medially, longer gold hair laterally. Tergites 4–7 with short hair laterally and long hair medially. Tergite 8 black. Sternite 8 reduced with long black hair medially. Hypandrium excavated medially with marginal apices slightly excised and rounded.

South Korean distribution. Kang­won­Do Province. Chunchon. Nam­Myon. Hudong­Li. 37°44’31”N, 128°35’41”E. Tonghae. East coast. Samcheok. 37°23’33”N, 129°13’34”E.

Material examined. 1ɗ: 17/VIII–15/IX/2003, P. Tripotin coll., Kang­won­Do Province, Chunchŏn, Nam­Myon Hudong­Li, Malaise trap; 2Ψ: 6/VIII/2005, Kang­won Do­Province, Chunchŏn, Nam­Myon Hudong­Li; 1Ψ: 9/X/1994, Kang­won­Do Province, Tonghae East coast, Samcheok.

Field notes. Asilella londti inhabits deeply forested areas in northern South Korea.