Six new species of the genus Dicranosepsis Duda (Diptera, Sepsidae) from Vietnam, with a revised key to the species

The flies of the genus Dicranosepsis from Vietnam were investigated and classified taxonomically. Six new species (D. longa sp. nov., D. kurahashii sp. nov., D. monoseta sp. nov., D. sinuosa sp. nov., D. barbata sp. nov., and D. vietnamensis sp. nov.) are described and illustrated. Dicranosepsis is redefined and a revised key to the species is also provided.     

Revisional notes on the genus Toxopoda Macquart (Diptera,Sepsidae) in the Oriental and Australasian regions

I herein revise the genus Toxopoda Macquart of the Oriental and Australasian regions. A total of 16 species is discussed. Six new species are described: T. cavata sp. nov., T. angulata sp. nov., T. elephantina sp. nov., T. zuskai sp. nov., T. malayana sp. nov., and T. ozerovi sp. nov. The species T. contracta (Walker), T. viduata (Thomson) and T. simplex Iwasa, which can be easily confused with other species, are correctly redescribed and illustrated. Distributional notes and a key to the species of the Oriental and Australasian regions are provided.     

CHEMICAL CONTROL OF MORPHOGENESIS IN MOSS PROTONEMA

1. The protonema of the moss, Funaria hygrometrica, grows continuouslyin calcium-free liquid media.
2. The growth was promoted by additionof oxalate, although themorphogenesis resulting in formationof gametophytic buds onthe protonema was suppressed by theaddition.
3. Calcium oxalate promoted the growth of protonema,while at ahigh concentration (10^–2 M) it caused the formationofclumped protonema (falsebuds).
4. Addition of plant growthhormones, such as IAA, NAA, 2,4-D andgibberellin retarded thegrowth of protonema, while 2,4-D ata low concentration stimulatedthe growth of protonema.
5. Kinetin greatly stimulated the formationof gametophytic budsin the protonema, but these buds were foundto be morphologicallyand physiologically abnormal.

(Received January 29, 1965; )     

Taxonomic and faunistic studies of the Sepsidae (Diptera) from Vietnam,with descriptions of six new species

A total of 52 species belonging to nine genera of the Sepsidae are reported from Vietnam. Of these, six species (Dicranosepsis splendifica sp. nov., D. trochanteris sp. nov., Mucha rectotibialis sp. nov., Perochaeta exilis sp. nov., Sepsis nigriminima sp. nov. and S. silvicola sp. nov.) are described as new to science. Eighteen species are newly recorded from Vietnam. Toxopoda pseudoviduata Ozerov, 2010 is synonymized with T. cavata Iwasa, 2008. The faunal composition of Vietnamese Sepsidae is divided into six groups based on distributional data and discussed. A key to the species of Vietnamese Sepsidae is also provided.     

The genus Phyllomyza Fallén (Diptera: Milichiidae) from Japan, with descriptions of four new species

The Japanese species of the genus Phyllomyza Fallén are revised. Four new species, Phyllomyza kanmiyai sp. nov., P. amamiensis sp. nov., P. proceripalpis sp. nov. and P. japonica sp. nov., are described and illustrated. P. securicornis Fallén is recorded from Japan for the first time. A key to the Japanese species of Phyllomyza is presented.     

The calliphorid larvae parasitic on birds in Japan (Diptera: Calliphoridae)

The immature stages of Protocalliphora maruyamensis Kano et Shinonaga are newly described and the third instar larva of P. azurea (Fallén) is redescribed from specimens collected in Japan. The larval morphology of Protocalliphora is discussed. A key to the third instar larvae of Japanese bird-parasitic blowflies is given.     

New species and records of the genera Milichia Meigen and Milichiella Giglio‐Tos (Diptera,Milichiidae) from the Oriental region and Seram Island

The species of the genera Milichia and Milichiella in the Oriental region and Seram Is. are taxonomically investigated. Three new species, Milichia linealis sp. nov. from the Philippines, Milichiella sulawesiensis sp. nov. and Milichiella nigella sp. nov. from Indonesia, are described. New distributional data of Milichiella bakeri Aldrich from Indonesia and M. spinthera Hendel from Indonesia, Nepal and Thailand are given. Keys to the species of Milichia and Milichiella in the Oriental region and Seram Is. are provided.