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Issue: Vol. 4294 No. 4: 20 Jul. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-07-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4294.4.8
Page range: 487–493
Abstract views: 99
PDF downloaded: 4

Plagiostenopterina sagarensis sp. nov. (Diptera: Platystomatidae: Platystomatinae) from Sunderban Biosphere Reserve, India with a key to Indian species

Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, M—Block, New Alipore, Kolkata—700 053
Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, M—Block, New Alipore, Kolkata—700 053
Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, M—Block, New Alipore, Kolkata—700 053
Diptera Platystomatidae Plagiostenopterina new species Sunderban India

Abstract

Plagiostenopterina sagarensis sp. nov., a new platystomatid species, from Sunderban biosphere reserve, India, is described with illustrations. A key to Indian species of genus Plagiostenopterina Hendel is also provided. The holotype and paratype specimens of the new species are deposited in the National Zoological Collections of Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata.

 

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