Choerades komurae (Matsumura, 1911)

Bock, Konstantin & Mengual, Ximo, 2023, New records of Japanese robber flies (Diptera: Asilidae) deposited at the ZFMK collections, Bonn zoological Bulletin 72 (1), pp. 67-83 : 76

Choerades komurae (Matsumura, 1911)

Fig. 9A–B

Laphria komurae Matsumura, 1911 . J. Fac. Agric. Hok- kaido Univ. 4: 70 – Type locality: “Kusunnai” [= Iljins- kiy, Sakhalin] ( Russia) – Type collection: EIHU [GG].

Choerades lubarskii Esipenko, 1969 . Uchen. Zap. Khabarovsk, gos. pedagog. Inst. 18: 63. Type locality: Sakhalin, Novo-Aleksandrovsk ( Russia).

References for identification. Hua (1989), Young &

Hradský (2007), Tagawa (2020).

New records. Fukuoka Pref., Fukuoka, Nogochi: 07 Jun. 1997 (1); Nagano Pref., Ueda, Sugadaira Research Station, forest (B2): 29 Jun.–5 Jul. 2014 (1); Nagano Pref., Ueda, Sugadaira Research Station, grassland (B1): 5–19 Jul. 2014 (1); Nagano Pref., Ueda, Sugadaira Re- search Station, forest (B2): 19 Jul.–2 Aug. 2014 (3).

Distribution. Japan: Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Ky- ushu; Russia: Kuril Island, Sakhalin.

Figures

Fig. 9. A–B. Choerades komurae (Matsumura, 1911), male habitus. A. Lateral view. B. Dorsal view. C–D. Choerades sp., male habitus. C. Lateral view. D. Dorsal view. Scale bars = 2 mm.