• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• 제40권1호
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• pp.16-20
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• 2024

The family Curtonotidae, known as the Hunchbacked or Quasimodo fly, is a small group of acalyptrate flies belonging to the superfamily Ephydroidea. Until now, a total of 103 species under four genera have been recorded worldwide, mainly distributed in tropical and subtropical areas. Among them, only five species of the genus Curtonotum Macquart, 1843 have been recorded in the Palaearctic region, mainly in the Russian Far East, but there are still no previous reports in the Korean fanua. In this study, we firstly report the family Curtonotidae Duda, 1934 from Korea with Curtonotum maritimum Ozerov, 2007. Additionally, we provide taxonomic information and a key for the Palaearctic Curtonotum species.