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Issue: Vol. 4868 No. 4: 29 Oct. 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-10-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4868.4.8
Page range: 584–590
Abstract views: 102
PDF downloaded: 4

A new species of Euphranta Loew (Diptera: Tephritidae: Trypetinae: Adramini) from India

National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Bangalore-560024, Karnataka, India.
60 South Street, Carlisle, Cumbria CA1 2EP, United Kingdom
3Department of Entomology, Annamalai University, Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Annamalai University
National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Bangalore-560024, Karnataka, India.
Forest Research Institute, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.
Diptera Adramini Tamil Nadu Siruvani

Abstract

A new species of Euphranta Loew, E. siruvani David, Hancock & Sankararaman, sp. n. is described from India. Postabdominal structures of E. hyalipennis David & Freidberg and E. haldwanica Hancock & Goodger are illustrated and described. A revised key to Euphranta from India is also provided.

 

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