Winthemia venusta

Winthemia venusta (Meigen, 1824)

Tachina venusta Meigen, 1824: 327. Type locality: not given (probably Germany, Stolberg).

Distribution: Palaearctic: Europe (W. Europe, C. Europe, E. Europe, S. Europe), Transcaucasia, Russia (W. Russia, E. Siberia (Chita, Jakutsk), S. Far East (Primorsk Territory, S. Kuril Islands: Kunashir)) (Richter 2004), Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu) (Shima 2014), Korea (Fan 1992, Liu et al. 1998), China Provinces (Beijing M., Gansu, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Jiangsu, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Sichuan, Shandong, Shanghai M., Shaanxi, Shanxi, Xinjiang Uygur A.R., Tibet); Oriental: Taiwan, China Provinces (Fujian, Guizhou, Hainan, Hunan, Yunnan, Zhejiang) (O’Hara, Shima & Zhang 2009).

GENERAL REMARKS

Twenty four species representing 20 genera of the subfamily Exoristinae have been identified in the material in the Museum and Institute of Zoology PAS collection. The species are: Compsilura concinnata (Meig.), Compsiluroides flavipalpis Mesn. *, Medina separata (Meig.) *, Meigenia tridentata Mesn. *, Oswaldia muscaria (Fall.) *, Trigonospila transvittata (Pand.), Zaira cinerea (Fall.) *, Carcelina pallidipes (Ueda) *, Proopia agnatella Mesn. *, P. latipalpis (Shima) *, Senometopia orientalis (Shima) *, S. separata (Rond.) *, Thelyconychia solivaga (Rond.) *, Chaetexorista pavlovskyi (Stack.) *, Exorista (Adenia) rustica (Fall.), E. (Exorista) japonica (Towns.), E. (E.) larvarum (Linn.) *, Parasetigena silvestris (R.-D.), Phorinia breviata Tachi & Shima *, Phorocera assimilis (Fall.) *, Erythrocera nigripes (R,- D.)*, Blepharipa zebina (Walk.), Gonia picaea R.-D.)* and Nemorilla floralis (Fall.) *. Eighteen species (marked with an asterisks) are recorded in Korea for the first time.

The current list of Exoristinae from Korea includes 48 species mentioned earlier by other authors.Nowadays, 72 species belonging to 43 genera of Exoristinae flies are known from the Korean Peninsula.