Sepedon aenescens WIEDEMANN, 1830

Rozkošný, R., Knutson, L. & Merz, B., 2010, A Review Of The Korean Sciomyzidae (Diptera) With Taxonomic And Distributional Notes, Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 56 (4), pp. 371-382 : 375

Sepedon aenescens WIEDEMANN, 1830

A species with the bluish black head and thorax as in Sepedon sphegea (FABRICIUS) but the scape of the antenna is yellowish to pale brown, not blackish as in S. sphegea . The male genitalia were examined in detail by KNUTSON & ORTH (1984).

Distribution: A widely distributed Oriental species ( Pakistan, India, Nepal, Thailand, China / Hong Kong /, Taiwan, Japan /Ryukyus/, Philippines – KNUTSON & ORTH 1984) penetrating to some parts of the Palaearctic ( Afghanistan, Russian Far East and Kunashir Island, China, South Korea, Japan – KNUTSON & ORTH 1984, SUEYOSHI 2001). Introduced into the Hawaiian Is. in 1966 and confirmed as established the following year ( DAVIS & CHONG 1968, YANO 1978, STEYSKAL 1980). It was also introduced into southern California in 1975, but it is not known to be established ( KNUTSON & ORTH 1984). From South Korea (Sangiuk-Dong, Taegu city) this species was misidentified as S. sphegea by PARK (1967) and from North Korea (Ryongaksan Mts, Pyongyang env. and Suyangsang Mts, Haeju env.) it was recorded by ROZKOŠNÝ & KOZÁNEK (1989, sub misprinted name S. senescens ). From Tongnae near Seoul ( South Korea), as noted by KNUTSON & ORTH (1984).

Material examined: South Korea: Seoul, 1.v.1953 , 1 f, P. W. OMAN leg., in USNM. Nangdon, 2 km of Taejón, 19.iv.1997 , 1 f; Majon , Keumsan, end of April, 1 m, 2 f; 20.viii.1997 , 1 f; beginning of September 1997, 1 f; Posok-sa , 8.–10.ix.1998 , 1 f; all in MNHNP; Jirisan , Hamyang-gun , Macheon-Myeon, Samjeong-li, 700 m, 35°20–93’ N, 127°38–50’ E, Malaise trap on small stream, 11.iv.–8.v.2004 , 1 f, in USNM; all P. TRIPOTIN leg. and L. KNUTSON det.