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Subfamily Stichopogoninae

Subfamily: Stichopogoninae Diagnostic features

 

Prosternum fused to  proepisternum

 

Frons narrowed at level of antenna insertion, acutely diverging widely towards apex (eyes more distant at vertex than at antennal level)

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Small to minute, delicate flies

 

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prosternum fused to proepisternum

Key to the South Korean Genera of Stichopogoninae 

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  1. Wing cell m3 with basal stalk; facial gibbosity not exceptionally protuberant/prominent, low in profile; small 3.5-8mm, delicate, mostly grey flies . . . Stichopogon

  -   Wing cell m3 without basal stalk . . . 2

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   2. Facial gibbosity protuberant, high in profile, prominent; larger, more robust dark flies . . . Lasiopogon

    - Facial gibbosity not exceptionally protuberant/prominent, low in profile, similar to Stichopogon; delicate, often heavily setose flies . . . Clinopogon

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