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An updated checklist for fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) of India with new species and new distribution records
Shakti Kumar Singh1, K J David2, S Ramani3
1National Museum of Natural History (NMNH); Ministry of Environment; Forest and Climate Change; New Delhi-110003; India. shakti2nmnh@gmail.com.
Zootaxa
|April 2, 2025
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).
