A review of the genus Lordiphosa Basden in India, with descriptions of four new species from the Himalayan region (Diptera, Drosophilidae)

By

Fartyal, Rajendra Singh
Sati, Pradeep Chandra
Pradhan, Sushmika
Kandpal, Mukul
Toda, Masanori J., 1948-
Chatterjee, Rabindra Nath
Singh, Birendra K.
Bhardwaj, Asha

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2017

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

688

Pages

49-79

Subjects

Darjeeling , key , Lordiphosa denticeps species group , Lordiphosa nigricolor species group , new synonymy , redescription , Uttarakhand

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.688.12590

 

Abstract

All Indian species of the genus Lordiphosa Basden are reviewed, with descriptions of four new species, L. curva Fartyal & Toda, sp. n. of the denticeps species group and L. ayarpathaensis Kandpal & Singh, sp. n., L. makaibarensis Pradhan & Chatterjee, sp. n. and L. srinagarensis Sati & Fartyal, sp. n. of the nigricolor species group. Two of the new species, L. ayarpathaensis and L. makaibarensis, were found visiting flowers of Hedychium spicatum and Datura suaveolens, respectively. This is the first record of flower visitation in Lordiphosa flies. In addition, L. parantillaria (Kumar & Gupta, 1990), syn. n. is synonymized with L. antillaria (Okada, 1984). Supplementary and revised descriptions for L. antillaria and L. neokurokawai (Singh & Gupta, 1981) and a key to all Indian species of Lordiphosa are provided.