title: A new species of the genus Trichoformosomyia Townsend from Malaysia (Diptera: Tachinidae).
abstract: A new species of Trichoformosomyia, T. abbreviata sp. nov., is described from Sabah, Malaysia. Trichoformosomyia sauteri Baranov is redescribed and it is newly recorded from China, Vietnam and Japan. A key to the three known species of Trichoformosomyia is given and monophyly of the genus is briefly discussed based on adult morphology.
authors.affiliation: Biosystematics Laboratory, Kyushu University, Motooka, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan.
authors.forename: Takuji
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tachi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004175:Diptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*; D005260:Female; D008296:Malaysia; D008297:Male