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Issue: Vol. 48 No. 1: 16 Apr. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-04-15
DOI: 10.12976/jib/2024.48.1.3
Page range: 20-28
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Redescription of Graphomya adumbrata (Wiedemann, 1824) (Diptera: Muscidae), including male and female terminalia

Calyptrate Research Centre, Department of Zoology, Sreegopal Banerjee College Mogra, Hooghly, West Bengal-712148, India
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NANDAN JANA

Research Scholar

Calyptrate Research Centre, Department of Zoology, Sreegopal Banerjee College Mogra, Hooghly, West Bengal-712148, India
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PRAVAS HAZARI

Research Scholar

Calyptrate Research Centre, Department of Zoology, Sreegopal Banerjee College Mogra, Hooghly, West Bengal-712148, India
Graphomya adumbrata morphology taxonomy dimorphism distribution

Abstract

We provide a detailed redescription of Graphomya adumbrata (Wiedemann, 1824) (Diptera: Muscidae) with its terminalia and dimorphism of the mesonotum stripe pattern of both sexes. Habitat and geographical distribution of the species are also discussed. 

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