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belong to Rutilia (Microrutilia), in which subgenus the name is a synonym of media 
Macquart (see p. 90); Malloch was therefore right to place ruficornis in Rutilia and 
Paramonov wrong to place it in Prodiaphamia. Regarding vittata Macquart, Brauer 
(1899 : 513) was right to place it in Senostoma auct. (=Prodiaphania), and Para- 
monov’s (1968 : 401) supposition that “Probably it [vittata] is a species of Rutilia 
or Chetogaster’ is wrong; the female holotype (in London, not Paris as Paramonov 
thought) has been examined and found to be a Prodiaphania (almost certainly the 
female of testacea Macquart). Another incorrect supposition of Paramonov (1968 : 
402) is that echinomides Bigot is probably not a Prodiaphania; Brauer (1899 : 512) 
placed this nominal species, under the misspelling echinomyidea, in Diaphania 
(=Prodiaphania) and examination of the female holotype during the present work 
has shown this to be correct (though the evidence that echinomides is a synonym of 
testacea as Malloch (1928c : 657) stated is not good: it appears unlikely that the 
specific synonymy is correct and it is here not accepted). 
The early stages and host relations of Prodiaphania are still completely unknown. 
INCLUDED SPECIES 
Prodiaphania arida Paramonov. AUSTRALIA (Victoria). [g paratype, data 
as holotype, examined]. 
P. biarmata (Malloch). AusTRALia (South Australia). [Holotype examined]. 
P. brevitarsis Paramonoy. AUSTRALIA (New South Wales). 
P. claripennis Malloch. AusTRALIA (Western Australia). [Holotype examined]. 
P. commoni Paramonov. AUSTRALIA (South Australia, Victoria). 
P. cygnus (Malloch). AvusTRALIA (Western Australia). [Holotype examined]. 
P. deserta Paramonov. AUSTRALIA (New South Wales, Queensland). [J para- 
type, data as holotype, examined]. 
P. echinomides (Bigot). AUSTRALIA (? state). [Holotype examined]. 
P. fullerae Paramonov. AUSTRALIA (New South Wales). 
P. funebris Paramonov. AUSTRALIA (South Australia, Western Australia). 
P. furcata (Malloch). Austra.ta (A.C.T., New South Wales, South Australia, 
Victoria). [Holotype examined]. 
P. genitalis Paramonov. AUSTRALIA (A.C.T., New South Wales, Queensland, 
Victoria). [Holotype examined]. 
paratestacea Paramonov syn. n. [g paratype, data as holotype, examined]. 
. georgei Malloch. AusTRALIA (New South Wales, South Australia, Western 
Australia). [Holotype examined]. 
. minuta Paramonoy. AUSTRALIA (Queensland). [g paratype, data as holo- 
type, examined]. 
. regina (Malloch). AUSTRALIA (Queensland). [Holotype examined]. 
. testacea (Macquart). AUSTRALIA (Tasmania to Queensland). 
. victoriae (Malloch). AvusTRALIA (Victoria to Queensland). [Holotype 
examined]. 
. vittata (Macquart). AUSTRALIA (South Australia). [Holotype examined: 
probably 9 of testacea]. 
. walkeri Paramonov. AUSTRALIA (Western Australia). 
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