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Ptilona van der Wulp

Year: 2024

Type: other

Abstract: Genus Ptilona van der Wulp Ptilona van der Wulp, 1880: 183. Type-species: brevicornis van der Wulp (synonym of Rioxa confinis Walker), by subsequent designation (Bezzi 1913: 68). Ptilona is an Oriental genus characterised by the presence of fine erect hairs on anatergite, body grey tomentose with or without prescutellar markings, 1 pair of orbital setae, wing dark brown to black with hyaline indentations and spots, vein R 2+3 straight, hyaline indentation from pterostigma extending to vein R 4+5, male forefemur and tibia densely setose ventrally, aculeus tip tactile with elongate preapical setae, spermathecae spherical. Proctiger in male epandrium with two elongate, dorsoapical setae. The eight previously known species were reviewed and keyed by Hancock (2011).

Source: Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13758988

Authors: David, K. J., Hancock, D. L., Salini, S., Ningthoujam, Kennedy, Khemrajji, Hatwar Nikhil, Abhishek, V., Gracy, R. G., Sushil, S. N.

Institutions: National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Central Agricultural University, Banaras Hindu University, University of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences

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: W6949672703

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