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Issue: Vol. 5446 No. 3: 1 May 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-05-01
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5446.3.3
Page range: 366-382
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New Indian species of Dacus Fabricius (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacinae: Dacini) similar to Dacus crabroniformis (Bezzi), endemic to the Western Ghats and Northeastern Himalayas

Keladi Shivappa Nayaka University of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences; Shivamogga; Karnataka; India
National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources; Bengaluru-560024; Karnataka; India
9 Yew Tree Court; Carlisle; Cumbria CA2 5QA; United Kingdom
Keladi Shivappa Nayaka University of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences; Shivamogga; Karnataka; India
Keladi Shivappa Nayaka University of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences; Shivamogga; Karnataka; India
Keladi Shivappa Nayaka University of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences; Shivamogga; Karnataka; India
Keladi Shivappa Nayaka University of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences; Shivamogga; Karnataka; India
Diptera Meghalaya Zingerone identification key species synonymization Dacus succaelestis

Abstract

Two new species of Dacus Fabricius, namely D. (Mellesis) nagarathnae Abhishek, David & Hancock, sp. nov., from Meghalaya and D. (Mellesis) venkateshi Abhishek & David, sp. nov., from the Western Ghats of India are described and illustrated. The Nepalese D. (Callantra) succaelestis Ito is newly synonymized with D. (Mellesis) polistiformis (Senior-White). An updated illustrated key to the 22 species of Dacus now known from the Indian Subcontinent is provided and attractant responses are listed.

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