Two newly reported pollinator species of Dasyhelea (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from flowers of Aristolochia contorta Bunge in Korea

초록

A new record, Dasyhelea bilineata Goetghebuer, 1920 and a new species Dasyhelea aristolochiophila Bang & Lee sp. nov., are collected and described from Korea, based on female adult specimens. Both species were collected as pollinators from the glabrous, tube-shaped flowers of a birthworth species Aristolochia contorta Bunge during the summer season, and the specimens retrieved from these flowers were all female. Further studies are needed to fully understand the life cycle, ecological traits, insect-plant interactions, and taxonomic details of these species.

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