Robber flies of South Korea (Diptera: Asilidae)
C. Young & F. Geller-Grimm
(2003)

Very little work has been done on South Korean Asilidae and the peninsula offers a wide rage of habitats rich in asilid fauna. South Korea's temperate climate offers conifer and deciduous belts, vast tracks of lower agricultural areas bordering the west coast, higher elevations reaching 1900 meters along the Tebeck Mt. range, white sand stretches on the east coast and many surrounding islands, including Cheju and Ullung which are semi-tropic. As field and collecting work by C.L Young and taxonomic work by F. Geller-Grimm and Y. Tagawa progresses, a monograph is in preparation of South Korean Asilidae. The first part will deal with the subfamily Asilinae. The offered photographs are produced by F. Geller-Grimm with a digital camera (Sony-Mavica MVC-FD 91 and a Nikon Coolpix).                 Korean Asilids known to present [7]: Cophinopoda chinensis (FABRICIUS, 1794) Cophinopoda oldroydi TSACAS & ARTIGAS, 1994 Cyrtopogon centralis LOEW, 1871 Eutolmus brevistylus (COQUILLETT, 1899) Eutolmus koreanus HRADSKÝ & HÜTTINGER, 1985 Eutolmus rufibarbis (MEIGEN, 1820) [questionable] Laphria ogumae MATSUMURA, 1911 Collected material by Dr. C. Young [28]: Apocleinae Promachus nigribarbatus (BECKER, 1925) Promachus yesonicus BIGOT, 1887 Asilinae Asilella londti LEHR, 1989 Astochia virgatipes (COQUILLETT, 1899) Eutolmus brevistylus (COQUILLETT, 1899) Eutolmus koreanus HRADSKÝ & HÜTTINGER, 1985 Machimus aurulentus BECKER, 1925 Machimus species (1) Neoitamus angusticornis (LOEW, 1858) Neoitamus cf. cothurnatus univittatus (LOEW, 1871) Neoitamus cf. zouhari HRADSKÝ, 1960 Neomochtherus species (1) Tolmerus species (1) Dasypogoninae Molobratia species (1) Dioctriinae Dioctria species (1) Laphriinae Choerades species (1) Choerades species (2) Laphria cf. mitsukurii COQUILLETT, 1899 Laphystiinae - Leptogastrinae Leptogaster cf. augusta HSIA, 1949 Leptogaster basilaris COQUILLETT, 1899 Psilonyx species (1) Ommatiinae Cophinopoda chinensis (FABRICIUS, 1794) Cophinopoda oldroydi TSACAS & ARTIGAS, 1994 Emphysomera jonesi (JOSEPH & PARUI, 1984) Stenopogoninae Cyrtopogon species (1) Stenopogon species (1) Stichopogoninae - Trigonomiminae Damalis species (1) Damalis species (2) First draft of a map of South Korea (incl. places where asilids were found).