Two new species of Euphranta Loew (Diptera, Tephritidae, Trypetinae, Adramini) from India

Two new species of Euphranta Loew are described from India, namely Euphranta goniothalami David & Hancock, sp. nov. reared from seeds of an endemic shrub, Goniothalamus keralensis E.S.S. Kumar, Shaju, Roy & Raj Kumar, in Valara, Idukki district (which is a part of the Western Ghats mountains), and Euphranta undulata David & Hancock, sp. nov. from Meghalaya, Northeast India. An updated key to all Euphranta species known to occur in India is also provided.

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  2025

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  Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift

• Publication date

  2025-11-10

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  DOI 10.3897/dez.72.165084
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