Details for Cheilotrichia (Empeda) microtrichiata

Name: Cheilotrichia (Empeda) microtrichiata (Alexander, 1930) Publication: Philipp. J. Sci. 42: 80 (as Erioptera) Status: Recognized taxon. Classification: Family Limoniidae Subfamily Chioneinae hypopygium Distribution: Japan (Kyushu, Nansei Is [= Ryukyu Is] (Yakushima)). Region(s): Eastpalaearctic General note: The borderline between the Palaearctic and Oriental regions runs through the Ryukyu islands, south of Yakushima island (for details see Kato et al., 2020b; Kato, 2021b). Biology: Alexander, 1930l (habitat). Figure references: Hypopygium: Alexander, 1930g (orig descr) Citations on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): Japan Distribution. Kato and Yamauchi, 2023: 8 (distr Yakushima Is, after Okadome, 1973).