Robber flies of South Korea
Research Material

A list of publications on South Korean Robber flies (Diptera: Asilidae)
Geller-Grimm, F. (2005): A new species of the genus Molobratia form South Korea (Diptera: Asilidae). – Studia Dipterologica 11(2): 581-584; Halle (Saale).
Young, C.L. (2005): Robber flies of South Korea - I. South Korean species of the subfamily Stenopogoninae Hull (Diptera, Asilidae). - Studia Dipterologica 12(1): 93-108; Halle (Saale).
Young, C.L. (2006): Robber flies of South Korea - II. South Korean species of the subfamily Asilinae Latreille, 1802 (Diptera, Asilidae). - Zootaxa 1132: 1-30; Auckland.
Young, C.L. & Hradský, M. (2007): Robber flies of South Korea - III. South Korean species of the subfamily Laphriinae Macquart, 1838 (Diptera, Asilidae). - Zootaxa 1388: 1-23; Auckland.
Young, C.L. (2007): Robber flies of South Korea - IV. South Korean species of the subfamily Stichopogoninae Hardy, 1930 (Diptera: Asilidae) Macquart, 1838 (Diptera, Asilidae). – Zootaxa 1521: 43-58; Auckland.
Young, C.L. (2008): Robber flies of South Korea - V. South Korean species of the subfamily Apocleinae (Diptera, Asilidae). - Zootaxa 1725: 1-16; Auckland.
Young, C. L. (2008): A new species of the genus Laphria Meigen, 1803 from South Korea (Diptera: Asilidae). - Studia Dipterologica. Halle (Saale)
Young, C.L. (2007): Robber flies of South Korea – VI-VIII. South Korean species of the subfamilies Dasypogoninae, Dioctriinae & Trigonomiminae (Diptera: Asilidae) Macquart, 1838 (Diptera, Asilidae). – Zootaxa; Auckland.
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A list of new species & genera of South Korean Robber flies (Diptera: Asilidae)
1. Molobratia youngi sp. n Geller-Grimm, 2005
2. Stenopogon koreanus sp. n Young, 2005
3. Choerades asprospilos sp. n Young & Hradský, 2007
4. Laphria hradskyi sp. n Young, 2008
5. Koreanimyia chirisana gen./sp. n. Hradský & young, 2006 [unpublished]
A list of new records (previously unrecorded) of South Korean Robber flies (Diptera: Asilidae)
Apocleinae
1. Philodicus integer (Macquart, 1846)
2. Promachus anicius (walker, 1849)
3. Promachus chinensis Ricardo, 1920
4. Promachus nigribarbatus (Becker, 1925)
5. Promachus yesonicus Bigot, 1887
Asilinae
6. Aneomochtherus sinensis (Ricardo, 1919)
7. Asilella londti Lehr, 1989
8. Astochia virgatipes (Coquillett, 1899)
9. Eutolmus brevistylus (Coquillett, 1899)
10. Eutolmus koreanus Hradský & Huttinger, 1985
11. Machimus aurulentus Becker, 1925
12. Machimus pastshenkoae (Lehr, 1976)
13. Mercuriana ussuriensis (Lehr, 1981)
14. Neoitamus angusticornis (Loew, 1858)
15. Neoitamus castaneipennis Tagawa, 1981
16. Neoitamus cothurnatus univittatus (Loew, 1871)
17. Neoitamus zouhari Hradský, 1960
18. Philonicus albiceps (Meigen, 1820)
Dasypogoninae
19. Molobratia youngi Geller-Grimm, 2005
Dioctriinae
20. Dioctria aestivis Esipenko, 1970
21. Dioctria (humeralis) eoa Lehr, 1965
22. Dioctria keremza Richter, 1970
23. Dioctria vainsteini Lehr, 2002
Laphriinae
24. Choerades amurensis (Hermann, 1914)
25. Choerades asprospilos Hradský & young, 2006 sp. nov.
26. Choerades caucasicus Ritcher & Mamaev, 1971
27. Choerades caudatus Lehr, 1992
28. Choerades gilva (Linnaeus, 1758)
29. Choerades japonicus (Matsumura, 1931)
30. Choerades komurai (Matsumura, 1911)
31. Choerades nigrovittata (Matsumura, 1916)
32. Choerades sp.
33. Laphria hradskyi Young, 2007 sp. nov.
34. Laphria cf. bilykovae Paramonov, 1930
35. Laphria mitsukurii Coquillett, 1899
36. Laphria rufa Röder, 1887
37. Orthogonis nitididorsalis Tagawa, 2006
38. Koreanimyia chirisana Hradský & Young gen./sp. n.
Leptogastrinae
39. Leptogaster augusta Hsia, 1949
40. Leptogaster basilaris Coquillett, 1899
41. Leptogaster dorsopicta Hsia, 1949
42. Lagynogaster fuliginosa Hermann, 1917
43. Leptogaster sp.
44. Psilonyx annuliventris Hsia, 1949
45. Psilonyx humeralis Hsia, 1949
Ommatiinae
46. Cophinopoda chinensis (Fabricius, 1794)
47. Cophinopoda cf. oldroydi Tsacas & Artigas, 1994
48. Emphysomera sp.
49. Emphysomera jonesi (Joseph & Parui, 1984)
Stenopogoninae
50. Cyrtopogon centralis Loew, 1871
51. Cyrtopogon lateralis (Fallén, 1814)
52. Cyrtopogon quadripunctatus Hermann, 1906
53. Grypoctonus aino Speiser, 1928
54. Stenopogon koreanus Young, 2005 sp. nov.
Stichopogoninae
55. Lasiopogon akaishii Hradský, 1981
56. Lasiopogon hasanicus Lehr, 1984
57. Lasiopogon hinei Cole & Wilcox, 1938
58. Lasiopogon leleji Cannings, 2002
59. Lasiopogon rokuroi Hradský, 1981
60. Lasiopogon terneicus Lehr, 1984
61. Stichopogon elegantulus orientalis Lehr, 1975
62. Stichopogon cf. inaequalis Lehr, 1847
63. Stichopogon nartshukae Lehr, 1975
Trigonomiminae
64. Damalis andron (walker, 1849)
65. Damalis vitripennis Osten-Sacken, 1882





Bishop Museum, Hawaii
Deposited Material
Collections and specimens of Asilids collected in South Korea by C. L. Young are located at:
*South Korea's NIBR (National Institute of Biological Research), Incheon, South Korea
*The Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
*Yale University's Peabody Museum, New Haven, CT. USA
