
Tribe Tephrellini Tribe Tephrellini is characterized by shiny black body and black wings with distinct hyaline indentations or broad spots and often with shiny, light reflecting spots (argents). It is represented by 12 species in 6 genera in India, three in Metasphenisca Hendel, one in Tephraciura Hering, one in Aciura Robineau-Desvoidy, four in Pristaciura Hendel, two in Sphaeniscus Becker and one in Tephrella Bezzi (Agarwal & Sueyoshi; 2005; Hancock 2010; Maneesh & Prabhakar, 2025; this paper). Species of Tephrellini are mostly associated with Acanthaceae, Lamiaceae and verbenaceae, with Barleria sp. (Acanthaceae) a major host in India.
Published as part of Singh, Maneesh Pal & Hancock, David Lawrence, 2025, Five new species of subfamily Tephritinae (Tephritidae: Diptera) from Himalayas and description of postabdominal structures in Chaetostomella completa (Kapoor, Malla & Ghosh), Pliomelaena spathuliniforma (Dirlbek & Dirlbek) and P. zonogastra (Bezzi), pp. 299-332 in Zootaxa 5689 (2) on page 324, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5689.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/17319321
Insecta, Arthropoda, Diptera, Tephritidae, Animalia, Biodiversity, Taxonomy
Insecta, Arthropoda, Diptera, Tephritidae, Animalia, Biodiversity, Taxonomy
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