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Issue: Vol. 5689 No. 2: 3 Sept. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-09-03
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5689.2.4
Page range: 299-332
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Five new species of subfamily Tephritinae (Tephritidae: Diptera) from Himalayas and description of postabdominal structures in Chaetostomella completa (Kapoor, Malla & Ghosh), Pliomelaena spathuliniforma (Dirlbek & Dirlbek) and P. zonogastra (Bezzi)

College of Horticulture and Forestry; Neri; Hamirpur; Himachal Pradesh; India.
14 Yew Tree Court; Carlisle; Cumbria CA2 5QA; United Kingdom.
Diptera New species Tephritinae Dithrycini Pliomelaenini Tephrellini

Abstract

Five new species of subfamily Tephritinae: Elaphromyia oculomaculata Maneesh & Hancock, sp. nov., Malaisinia tenebrosa Maneesh & Hancock, sp. nov., Metasphenisca snehae Maneesh, sp. nov., Platensina bradyseta Maneesh & Hancock, sp. nov., and Rhabdochaeta drewi Maneesh & Hancock, sp. nov. are described and illustrated from India. Postabdominal structures of Chaetostomella completa (Kapoor, Malla & Ghosh), Pliomelaena spathuliniforma (Dirlbek & Dirlbek) and P. zonogastra (Bezzi) are described for the first time.

 

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How to Cite

Singh, M.P. & Hancock, D.L. (2025) Five new species of subfamily Tephritinae (Tephritidae: Diptera) from Himalayas and description of postabdominal structures in Chaetostomella completa (Kapoor, Malla & Ghosh), Pliomelaena spathuliniforma (Dirlbek & Dirlbek) and P. zonogastra (Bezzi). Zootaxa, 5689 (2), 299–332. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5689.2.4