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Issue: Vol. 5588 No. 1: 13 Feb. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-02-13
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.6
Page range: 147-160
Abstract views: 113
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A new species of Rhochmopterum Speiser (Diptera: Tephritidae: Tephritinae: Schistopterini) from India

Banaras Hindu University; Varanasi-221005; Uttar Pradesh; India.
ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources; Bengaluru-560024; Karnataka; India.
9 Yew Tree Court; Carlisle; Cumbria CA2 5QA; United Kingdom.
Banaras Hindu University; Varanasi-221005; Uttar Pradesh; India.
ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources; Bengaluru-560024; Karnataka; India.
Banaras Hindu University; Varanasi-221005; Uttar Pradesh; India.
Diptera Vernonia Rhochmopterum venustum Nagaland northern plains

Abstract

A new species of Rhochmopterum Speiser is described and illustrated from India, namely Rhochmopterum malaviyai Nikhil, David & Hancock, sp. nov. from northeastern and northern plains of India. A key to all species of Rhochmopterum from Oriental region is included. mt-COI and 28s sequences of Rhochmopterum malaviyai Nikhil, David & Hancock, sp. nov. were obtained and reported.

 

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