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Rhochmopterum Speiser 1910

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi- 221005, Uttar Pradesh, India.
  • 2. ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Bengaluru- 560024, Karnataka, India.
  • 3. 9 Yew Tree Court, Carlisle, Cumbria CA 2 5 QA, United Kingdom.
  • 4. Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi- 221005, Uttar Pradesh, India. & Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi- 221005, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Description

Rhochmopterum Speiser

Rhochmopterum Speiser 1910: 185.

Type species: Rhochmopterum neuropteripenne Speiser, 1910, mon.

Diagnosis: Rhochmopterum can be differentiated from other genera of tribe Schistopterini by the presence of double row of yellowish white, erect setulae on abdomen, glossy texture of last abdominal tergite and wing rays without white filling. They are also characterised by the acute apex of epandrium (profile view) and with a trumpet-shaped glans of phallus.

Notes

Published as part of Hatwar, Nikhil Khemrajji, David, Karamankodu Jacob, Hancock, David Lawrence, Raghuraman, Mahadevan, Gracy, Ramasamy Gandhi & Srinivasa, Narayana, 2025, A new species of Rhochmopterum Speiser (Diptera: Tephritidae: Tephritinae: Schistopterini) from India, pp. 147-160 in Zootaxa 5588 (1) on page 148, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.6, http://zenodo.org/record/14896171

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URL
http://treatment.plazi.org/id/2A3887BBFFA99C46FF61F957116801B6

Is part of
Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.6 (DOI)
Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/14896171 (URL)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/D601FFC3FFA89C47FFF6FF801038065F (URL)
Journal article: http://zoobank.org/F7867EC3-AEDB-4759-BFBD-D1E910E5FCFB (URL)
Is source of
https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/2A3887BBFFA99C46FF61F957116801B6 (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/254665002 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/308299/taxon/2A3887BBFFA99C46FF61F957116801B6.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Speiser
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Diptera
Family
Tephritidae
Genus
Rhochmopterum
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Rhochmopterum Speiser, 1910 sec. Hatwar, David, Hancock, Raghuraman, Gracy & Srinivasa, 2025

References

  • Speiser, P. G. E. (1910) Cyclorrhapha, Aschiza. In: Sjostedt, Y. (Eds.), Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Schwedischen Zoologischen Expedition nach dem Kilimandjaro, dem Meru und den umgebenden Massaisteppen Deutsch-Ostafrikas 1905 - 1906 unter Leitung von Prof. Dr. Yngve Sjostedt, 2. Band [Abteilung] 10 (Diptera), pp. 113-202.