Eupyrgota aequalis (Malloch), comb. n. (fig. 1)

Adapsila aequalis Malloch, 1939: 51 .

M a t e r i a l. Type. Holotype ♀: “ Papua: Mondo / 5,000 ft i-ii.1934. / L. E. Cheesman. / B.M. 1934–321”, “ Adapsila / aequalis, Mall. /examined & det. J. R. Malloch, 1938”, “ Adapsila / aequalis / Typus / det. JRMalloch” (Malloch’s handwriting), “Type [red bordered circle]”, “Holo / type [red bordered circle]”, “BMNH # 252155”. Double pinned into celluloid triangle (BMNH). Non-type. Papua New Guinea: Goilala, Tororo, 1500 m, 15– 20.02.1958, 1 ♀ (W. W. Brandt) (BBMH).

D i a g n o s i s. This species can be recognized from the combination of head slightly longer and wider than high, face with conspicuous carina; parafacial in profile as wide as flagellomere 1 (fig. 1, 3, 4); mesonotum and abdomen reddish yellow with a few black spots; scutellum with three to four pairs of long setae (fig. 1, 1); wing almost uniformly hyaline with yellow veins, without spots or bands (fig. 1, 1); fore coxa with cluster of setulae extending from round depression (fig. 1, 5); fore femur with numerous long and thin setae, mid femur with very large femoral organ on middle two-thirds of femur; setae in ventro-apical rows thin and non-spurious; abdominal sternites with long suberect setae at posterior margins; ventral hooks on oviscape strong; all setae and setulae golden yellow. The presence of more than two scutellar setae and the strong hooks of the oviscape support its placement in Eupyrgota s. str.