A new species of fig-feeding Lonchaeidae (Diptera: Schizophora) from India and a checklist for the family in the Indian sub-continent

MacGowan, Iain; Razak, Nakeer; Rotheray, Graham E; Ahmad, Irfan

A new species of fig-feeding Lonchaeidae (Diptera: Schizophora) from India and a checklist for the family in the Indian sub-continent

Resource type

Journal article

Creator (person)

MacGowan, Iain

Razak, Nakeer

Rotheray, Graham E

Ahmad, Irfan

Date published

March 21, 2012

Abstract

A new species of Lonchaeidae, Silba lashker sp. nov. is described from specimens reared from figs in Jammu and Kash-mir, India. The adult and larvae are described and comparisons are made with other species in the genus. A checklist forthe Indian sub-continent is provided which lists twenty four species in four genera including one new species and a furtherfour species recorded from the sub-continent for the first time. The family Lonchaeidae is reported for the first time from the biodiversity hotspot region of the Kashmir valley.