Description of a New Species of Lichtwardtia Enderlein, 1912 with a New Record of Dolichopus Latreille, 1797 from India Based on Morphological and Molecular Evidence (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)
One new species Lichtwardtia bengalensis Chowdhury, Kar, Naskar & Banerjee sp. nov. of the subfamily Dolichopodinae Latreille, 1809 is described from India and Dolichopus howjingleei Olejníèek, 2002 is newly reported from Darjeeling, West Bengal and Dihang-Dibang Biosphere reserve, Arunachal Pradesh, India. The new species is distinctly distinguishable from other Lichtwardtia Enderlein, 1912 with respect to their wing and male genital structures. Dolichopus howjingleei is re-described on the basis of Indian specimens. In addition, the DNA analyses of the species
Authors
- Oishik Kar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5110-6583)
- Atanu Naskar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0097-318X)
- Dhriti Banerjee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2054-0165)
- Mousumi Chowdhury
Institutions
- Zoological Survey of India (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the Entomological Research Society
- Published
- 2025-03-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.51963/jers.v27i1.2790
- Primary Topic
- Diptera species taxonomy and behavior
- Type
- article
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