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Issue: Vol. 3021 No. 1: 12 Sep. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-09-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3021.1.1
Page range: 1–31
Abstract views: 51
PDF downloaded: 3

An illustrated key to fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) from Peninsular India and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Entomology Section, National Research Centre for Citrus, Nagpur-440010, Maharashtra, India
Project Coordinator (Honey Bees and Pollinators), CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hissar - 125 004, Haryana, India
Diptera Oriental Tephritidae Dacinae Phytalmiinae Tephritinae Trypetinae India

Abstract

An illustrated key and a checklist are provided for 126 species of fruit flies under 46 genera in four subfamilies namely Dacinae, Phytalmiinae, Tephritinae and Trypetinae. Among these, Acroceratitis striata (Froggatt), Rhochmopterum venustum (de Meijere) and Themara yunnana Zia are new records for India. Bactrocera yercaudiae Drew is placed as a synonymn of Bactrocera digressa Radhakrishnan.

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