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Prosciara Frey (Diptera, Sciaridae) revisited: Remarks on classification and description of nineteen new Indomalayan
1Finnish Museum of Natural History; Zoology Unit; P. O. Box 17; FI-00014 University of Helsinki; Finland. pekka.vilkamaa@helsinki.fi.
Abstract:
The following nineteen species of Prosciara Frey (Diptera, Sciaridae) from the Indomalayan region are newly described and illustrated: Prosciaraadunculasp. nov. (Thailand), P. aequilobatasp. nov. (Brunei), P. anguinasp. nov. (Nepal), P. bulbaceasp. nov. (Thailand), P.calvata sp. nov. (Thailand), P.clypeata sp. nov. (Thailand), P. cymosa sp. nov. (Brunei), P.devexa sp. nov. (Thailand), P. furculigera sp. nov. (India), P. horrifera sp. nov. (Thailand), P. mediana sp. nov. (Thailand), P. microceps sp. nov. (Thailand), P. minacis sp. nov. (Nepal), P. nudimana sp. nov. (Thailand), P. operta sp. nov. (Thailand), P. perfidiosa sp. nov. (Taiwan), P.pinnifera sp. nov. (Malaysia), P. substricta sp. nov. (Thailand) and P. tenebrosa sp. nov. (Thailand). Including the newly described ones, 114 species of Prosciara are known from the Indomalayan region. The classification of Prosciara and related taxa is discussed.
