Orthogonis Hermann

Young, Charles L. & Hradský, Milan M., 2007, Robber flies of South Korea III. South Korean species of the Subfamily Laphriinae Macquart, 1838 (Diptera: Asilidae), Zootaxa 1388, pp. 1-23 : 20

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Genus Orthogonis Hermann View in CoL View at ENA

( Figs 20–23 View FIGURES 19 – 23. 19 , 25 View FIGURES 24 – 28 , 57, 58 View FIGURES 57 – 58. 57 )

Orthogonis Hermann, 1914: 132 View in CoL . Type species: Laphria scapularis Wiedemann, 1828 View in CoL [des. Hull (1962: 330)]. Vein closing the discal cell usually aligned and confluent with the vein closing the fourth posterior cell, or offset by a short distance ( Fig. 23 View FIGURES 19 – 23. 19 ), leaving the lower end vein of the discal cell quite short; rather bare flies of dark blue black coloration and blackish wings; tergal bristles strong ( Hull 1962).

Orthogonis View in CoL sp. represents the only species of the genus recorded from South Korea. Oldroyd (1972) notes eight to ten Oriental species.

References

Hermann, F. (1914) H. Sauter's Formosa-Ausbeute. Mydaidae et Asilidae (Dasypogoninae, Laphrinae et Leptogastrinae) (Dipt.). Entomologische Mitteilungen, 3 (2 - 5), 33 - 44, 83 - 95, 102 - 112, 129 - 136.

Hull, F. M. (1962) Robber flies of the World. The genera of the family Asilidae. 2 volumes. United States National Museum, Washington, D. C., 907 pp.

Oldroyd, H. (1972) Robber flies (Diptera, Asilidae), of the Philippine Islands. Pacific Insects, 14 (2), 201 - 337.

Wiedemann, C. R. W. (1828) Aussereuropaische zweifluglige Insekten, als Fortsetzung des Meigenschen Werkes, Hamm, 608 pp.

Figures

FIGURES 19 – 23. 19. Choerades caudatus, male extension. 20 – 23 Orthogonis sp. 20. Male genitalia, lateral. 21. Gonopod. 22. Male genitalia, ventral. 23. Wing.

FIGURES 24 – 28. Heads. 24. C. amurensis. 25. Orthogonis sp. 26. C. sp. 27. C. caudatus. 28. C. caucasicus.

FIGURES 57 – 58. 57. Orthogonis sp., ♂ dorsal. 58. Orthogonis sp., ♂ lateral

FIGURES 19 – 23. 19. Choerades caudatus, male extension. 20 – 23 Orthogonis sp. 20. Male genitalia, lateral. 21. Gonopod. 22. Male genitalia, ventral. 23. Wing.