Rhipidia Meigen, 1818

Podenas, Sigitas, Byun, Hye-Woo & Kim, Sam-Kyu, 2016, Rhipidia crane flies (Diptera: Limoniidae) from Korea, Zootaxa 4136 (3), pp. 515-536 : 519

Key to Korean Rhipidia Meigen, 1818 species

1. Male and female antenna serrate. Flagellomeres 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 and 12 dark brown, flagellomeres 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 yellow ( Fig. 5 )........................................................... Rhipidia (Rhipidia) septentrionis Alexander, 1913

-. Male antenna pectinate ( Figs. 1, 3, 4 ), female antenna serrate ( Fig. 2 ). Flagellum more or less uniformly colored.......... 2

2. Thoracical pleuron more or less uniformly colored, without longitudinal stripe. Vein Sc comparatively short, Sc1 reaching slightly beyond base of Rs (Fig. 7)...................................... Rhipidia (Rhipidia) maculata Meigen, 1818

-. Thoracical pleuron with dark longitudinal stripe. Vein Sc longer, Sc1 reaching at least one-third of Rs length (Figs. 6, 8, 9, 22)..................................................................................................... 3

3. Dark spot at the middle between arculus and base of Rs large, nearly reaching vein M posteriorly, vein Sc1 reaching one-third of Rs length at most (Fig. 8). Male antenna with six bipectinate flagellomeres ( Fig. 4 )............................................................................................. Rhipidia (Rhipidia) sejuga Zhang, Li, Yang, 2014

-. Dark spot at the middle between arculus and base of Rs small, hardly extending beyond vein R, vein Sc1 nearly reaching middle of Rs length (Figs. 6, 22). Male antenna with eight bipectinate flagellomeres ( Figs. 1 , 21 )......................... 4

4. Rs arcuate at base (Fig. 6). Male genitalia with long rostral spines ( Figs. 10, 11 )................................................................................................... Rhipidia (Rhipidia) longa Zhang, Li, Yang, 2014

-. Rs angulate at base ( Fig. 22 ). Male genitalia with very short rostral spines ( Figs. 23, 24 )....................................................................................................... Rhipidia (Rhipidia) serena sp. nov.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 5. Antennae of Rhipidia (Rhipidia). 1: R. (R.) longa, male; 2: R. (R.) longa, female; 3: R. (R.) maculata, male; 4: R. (R.) sejuga, male; 5: R. (R.) septentrionis, male.

FIGURES 21 – 26. Rhipidia (Rhipidia) serena sp. nov. 21: male antenna; 22: wing; 23: male genitalia, dorso-lateral view; 24: male genitalia, dorsal view; 25: male genitalia, ventral view; 26: ovipositor, lateral view.

FIGURES 10 – 16. Male genitalia of Rhipidia (Rhipidia), dorsal view. 10: R. (R.) longa, general view; 11: R. (R.) longa, gonostyles; 12: R. (R.) maculata, general view; 13: R. (R.) maculata, gonostyles; 14: R. (R.) sejuga, general view; 15: R. (R.) sejuga, gonostyles; 16: R. (R.) septentrionis, general view. Abbreviations: gonx, gonocoxite; i gonst, inner gonostylus; o gonst, outer gonostylus; p, penis; pm, paramere; rst pl, rostral prolongation; rst spn, rostral spines; tg 9, ninth tergite; vm l, ventromesal lobe of gonocoxite.