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An updated checklist for fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) of India with new species and new distribution records

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: An updated checklist for 335 species of fruit flies of India belonging to 97 genera in 22 tribes and 5 subfamilies is provided. A new species of Oedaspis Loew, O. freidbergi David & Singh, sp. nov. is described along with five new records namely Bactrocera gombokensis Drew & Hancock, Chaetellipsis alternata (Zia), Goniurellia persignata Freidberg, Actinoptera reticulata Ito and Terellia serratulae (Linnaeus).

Source: Zootaxa

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5607.1.1

Authors: SHAKTI KUMAR SINGH, K. J. DAVID, S. RAMANI, K. SACHIN

Institutions: Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, National Museum of Natural History, National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore

Language: English

Topic: Diptera species taxonomy and behavior

Subfield: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W4408510282

FWCI: 4.649

Cites: 124

Cited by: 5

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