Atypophthalmus Brunetti, 1911

Podenas, Sigitas, Podeniene, Virginija, Seo, Hong-Yul, Kim, A-Young, Park, Sun-Jae, Byun, Hye-Woo, Kim, Heung-Chul & Aukštikalnienė, Rasa, 2017, Limoniinae crane flies (Diptera: Limoniidae) new to Korea II, Journal of Species Research 6 (3), pp. 258-279 : 261

Atypophthalmus Brunetti, 1911

Atypophthalmus Brunetti, 1911: 273 ; Geiger, 1986: 52;

Savchenko, 1985: 60-62; 1989: 288-290.

Type species - Atypophthalmus holopticus Brunetti, 1911 (monotypic).

Genus was previously unknown from the Korean Peninsula.

General: Medium-sized crane flies, body length 4.5-7.5 mm.

Head: Eyes large, dorsally nearly reaching each other. Antenna simple, flagellomeres oval, covered with short pubescence.

Wing: Elongate, medium-wide, unpatterned or with indistinct pattern, without macrotrichiae in cells. Humeral vein close to level of arculus. Vein Sc long, Sc 1 reaching from middle to two-thirds of radial sector (Rs), Sc 2 at tip of Sc 1. Radial sector medium-long, arched at base. Free tip of R 1 short, R 2 transverse, at tip of R 1. Discal cell closed. Basal deflection of CuA 1 at or slightly beyond base of discal cell. Anal lobe widely rounded.

Legs: Claw often with one subbasal spine.

Genitalia: Gonocoxite of male genitalia with ventro-mesal lobe, but in some species could be very complicat- ed. Inner gonostylus usually split into few lobes. Paramere of some species very complicated. Penis large, extending beyond distal margin of gonocoxite, sometimes even reaching middle of gonostylus, tip shallowly bifid. Ninth sternite reduced. Ovipositor comparatively short sclerotized. Cercus distinctly arched, tip pointed upwards.

This genus, divided into two subgenera, contains 51 species. Most species occur in Afrotropics (28 species), Oriental (10), East Palearctic (9) and Australian/Oceanian (8) Regions ( Oosterbroek, 2017). No fossil species are known ( Evenhuis, 2014).