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Issue: Vol. 5750 No. 2: 20 Jan. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-01-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5750.2.4
Page range: 231-240
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Two new species of tribe Schistopterini (Diptera: Tephritidae: Tephritinae) with an updated key to species from the Oriental region

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
Banaras Hindu University; Varanasi-221005; Uttar Pradesh; India
Diptera taxonomy Schistopterini Rhabdochaeta Rhochmopterum new species oriental region India

Abstract

Two new species of Schistopterini, Rhabdochaeta octomaculata Nikhil & David, sp. nov. and Rhochmopterum nongshillong Nikhil & David, sp. nov. are described, illustrated from India and keys to all species of these genera from the Oriental Region is provided.

 

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How to Cite

Hatwar, N.K., David, K.J., Raghuraman, M. & Srinivasa, N. (2026) Two new species of tribe Schistopterini (Diptera: Tephritidae: Tephritinae) with an updated key to species from the Oriental region. Zootaxa, 5750 (2), 231–240. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5750.2.4