Trischidocera yunnanensis Chao & Zhou

Nihei, Silvio S., 2015, The misplaced genus Trischidocera Villeneuve (Diptera, Tachinidae), Zootaxa 3926 (2), pp. 279-286 : 282

Trischidocera yunnanensis Chao & Zhou

( Figs 4–7 )

yunnanensis Chao & Zhou, 1987: 208 . Holotype male (NZMC). Type locality: China, Yunnan, Weixi [as “Weisi”], 2500 m.

Remarks. No material was available for study, but the holotype male deposited at the NZMC (Beijing) was kindly photographed by the curators Lili Zhang and Xiao-lin Chen. The morphological characters of T. yunnanensis discussed below were based on those photographs ( Figs 4–7 ) and on the original description and illustrations by Chao & Zhou (1987).

Distribution ( Fig. 8 ). China (provinces of Sichuan, Shanxi, Tibet and Yunnan).

Figures

FIGURE 8. Geographical distribution of the genus Trischidocera (circles: T. sauteri; squares: T. yunnanensis) [empty symbols denote unexact locality records, where the country or province capitals were used to plot the occurrence].

FIGURES 4 – 7. Trischidocera yunnanensis Chao & Zhou, holotype male. 4. Dorsal habitus. 5. Lateral habitus. 6. Head, frontal view. 7. Head, lateral view. (Scale bars 1 mm, except Fig. 7 in 0.5 mm.)