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Issue: Vol. 5653 No. 3: 27 Jun. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-06-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5653.3.9
Page range: 440-450
Abstract views: 56
PDF downloaded: 3

First records of the genus Acerocnema Becker (Diptera: Scathophagidae) from South Korea, with a new species and a newly recorded species using DNA barcodes

School of Biological Sciences and Institute of Biodiversity; Seoul National University; Seoul 08826; Republic of Korea; Comparative Medicine Disease Research Center; Seoul National University; Seoul 08826; Republic of Korea
School of Biological Sciences and Institute of Biodiversity; Seoul National University; Seoul 08826; Republic of Korea; Comparative Medicine Disease Research Center; Seoul National University; Seoul 08826; Republic of Korea
Diptera new species Scathophagidae COI barcoding Korea taxonomy

Abstract

This study reports the first Korean records of the genus Acerocnema Becker, 1894, with one new species, Acerocnema saurischia sp. nov., and one newly recorded species, A. flavifrons Iwasa. A key to the Korean Acerocnema is provided with morphological diagnosis and images of habitus and male genitalia structures. To assist in species identification, mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) gene sequences were obtained from all specimens to assess DNA barcoding.

 

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How to Cite

Han, S. & Shin, S. (2025) First records of the genus Acerocnema Becker (Diptera: Scathophagidae) from South Korea, with a new species and a newly recorded species using DNA barcodes. Zootaxa, 5653 (3), 440–450. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5653.3.9