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Issue: Vol. 3242 No. 1: 21 Mar. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-03-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3242.1.3
Page range: 47–52
Abstract views: 78
PDF downloaded: 5

A new species of fig-feeding Lonchaeidae (Diptera: Schizophora) from India and a checklist for the family in the Indian sub-continent

Scottish Natural Heritage, Battleby, Redgorton, Perth, PH1 3EW, Scotland
Department of Zoology, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, India
National Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street, Edinburgh. EH1 1JF
Division of Genetics and Biotechnology, Faculty of Fisheries, SKUAST-K, Srinagar, Kashmir, Ex Curator Zoology Museum, Department of Zoology, University of Kashmir, Srinagar-India-190006, India
Diptera Lonchaeidae Silba India figs new species checklist

Abstract

A new species of Lonchaeidae, Silba lashker sp. nov. is described from specimens reared from figs in Jammu and Kash-mir, India. The adult and larvae are described and comparisons are made with other species in the genus. A checklist forthe Indian sub-continent is provided which lists twenty four species in four genera including one new species and a furtherfour species recorded from the sub-continent for the first time. The family Lonchaeidae is reported for the first time from the biodiversity hotspot region of the Kashmir valley.

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