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Issue: Vol. 5380 No. 6: 5 Dec. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-12-05
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5380.6.2
Page range: 526-540
Abstract views: 191
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A new species of Bactrocera Macquart reared from Solanum khasianum Clarke in northern India and a new synonym

Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry; Nauni; Solan; Himachal Pradesh
Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry; Nauni; Solan; Himachal Pradesh
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Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry; Nauni; Solan; Himachal Pradesh
Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry; Nauni; Solan; Himachal Pradesh
Diptera New species new synonymy Bactrocera Macquart Solanum khasianum Clarke

Abstract

A new species of genus Bactrocera Macquart, Bactrocera (Bactrocera) prabhakari Maneesh, Gupta & Hancock, sp. n., is described from Himachal Pradesh, Northern India, reared from Solanum khasianum Clarke commonly known as medicinal solanum or Dutch eggplant. This species resembles Bactrocera latifrons (Hendel) and an updated key to Indian fruit flies of subgenus Bactrocera Macquart is provided. Bactrocera yoshimotoi (Hardy) (= B. luteicinctuta Ito, syn. nov.) in newly recorded from Himachal Pradesh in northern India and variability in B. scutellaris (Bezzi) is discussed together with illustrations.

 

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