On the species of Stemonocera Rondani (Diptera: Tephritidae) from the Indian subcontinent

Abstract

A new tephritid species from Pakistan, Stemonocera longisystylis sp. nov. Singh, Hancock & Ramamurthy is described and Stemonocera cervicornis (Brunetti) is redescribed with details of external morphology including genitalia and sexual dimorphism. A new combination Acidiostigma discale (Brunetti) is proposed for Acidia discalis Brunetti, previously included in Stemonocera.

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Keywords:

• Acidiostigma discale
• sexual dimorphism
• Stemonocera cervicornis
• Stemonocera longisystylis sp. nov

Acknowledgements

We thank Dr K. Venkataraman and Dr Dhriti Banerjee of ZSI, Kolkata for the loan of the holotype of Acidia discalis.