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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)

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  • 1. College of Horticulture and Forestry, Neri, Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh, India.
  • 2. 14 Yew Tree Court, Carlisle, Cumbria CA2 5QA, United Kingdom.

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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). Zootaxa 5689 (2): 299-332, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5689.2.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5689.2.4

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