Trichocoelina subcochleata ( Komarov, 2009 ) Vilkamaa & Menzel, 2019

Vilkamaa, Pekka & Menzel, Frank, 2019, Re-classification of Lycoriella Frey sensu lato (Diptera, Sciaridae), with description of Trichocoelina gen. n. and twenty new species, Zootaxa 4665 (1), pp. 1-67 : 44

Trichocoelina subcochleata ( Komarov, 2009) comb. n.

Literature. Lycoriella (Hemineurina) subcochleata Komarov—Komarov (2009) : 100, 103, figs 1–5.

BIN. Unknown.

Discussion. Trichocoelina subcochleata ( Komarov, 2009) was described based on one male from Russia (locus typicus: Republic of Altai, Kosh-Agachsky District, near Kosh-Agach, 50°09’N, 88°19’E). In its gonostylus with two groups of megasetae and its tegmen with sharp apicolateral corners it resembles most T. subpermutata (Mohrig & Mamaev) but differs in having two separate short interxoxal lobes instead of a long, apically bifid intergonocoxal lobe of hypopygium, and in its longer tegmen. By its tegmen and intergonocoxal lobes, T. subcochleata resembles also T. imitator and T. oricillifera , but these species have a large number of perpendicular megasetae in their gonostylus. We have not seen the holotype of T. subcochleata but suggest that the mention in the original description that the species lacks the whiplash setae from its gonostyli, is presumably a mistake, or that they have been broken off from the specimen studied.