Disciphus flavitarsis DUDA, 1930

Nartshuk, E., 2010, Grassflies Of The Tribe Elachipterini (Diptera: Chloropidae) From Vietnam And Thailand, With Description Of A New Species, Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 56 (3), pp. 265-272 : 269

Disciphus flavitarsis DUDA, 1930

DUDA, 1930: 284 – Taiwan. NISHIJIMA, 1955: 53 – Japan (Amami-oshima Islands) (as D. peregrinus , according KANMIYA, 1983: 83). KANMIYA, 1983: 83 – Japan (Ehime Pref., Kagoshuma Pref., Yakushima Islands, Amami Islands, Okinawa Island, Taiwan), drawings of scutellum, male genitalia and femoral comb.

Material examined: Vietnam: pr. Ha Son Binh, La Bac, Tuly, 23.10.1990 ( NARTSHUK), 1 f. Thailand: T 451 Chaiyaphum, Pa Hin Ngam NP, Dry dipterocarp, 15°38.099’N 101°23.921’E, 698 m, 24.viii.2006, 30.viii.2006, Malaise trap, Katae Sa-nog & Buakaw Adnafai, 1 m ; T 534 Loei, Phu Ruea NP, Pan Hin Khan Maak ditch, 17°30.042’N 101°20.474’E, 1219 m, 26.viii. 2006 – 2.ix.2006, Malaise trap, Nukoonchai Jaroenchai, 1 f ; T 831 Loei, Phu Ruea NP, Nature trail, 17°30.740’N 101°20.650’E, 1353 m, 19.ix.2006 - 26.ix.2006, Malaise trap, Nukoonchai Jaroenchai, 1 f ; T 808 Phetchabun, Khao Kho NP, Nursery , 16°52.581’N 101°08.060’E, 520 m, 12.x.2006 – 19.x.2006, Malaise trap, Somchai Chatchumnan and Sa-ink Singtong, 1 f.

Distribution. Japan (southern Islands), Taiwan. Species is now recorded in

Vietnam and Thailand for the first time.