A new species of Dacus Fabricius (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacinae: Dacini) from northern Himalayas
A new species of genus Dacus Fabricius, Dacus (Neodacus) kapoori Maneesh & Hancock sp. nov., is described and illustrated from Himachal Pradesh, India, along with an unnamed Dacus (Neodacus) sp. A key to Asian species of subgenus Neodacus Perkins is provided.
Authors
- MANEESH PAL SINGH (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5521-6253)
- D. L. Hancock (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8478-7976)
- S. B. Sharma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-1831-0632)
Institutions
- National Institute of Technology Hamirpur (BD)
- Chhattisgarh Dental College & Research Institute (IN)
- Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IN)
- University of Cumbria (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zootaxa
- Published
- 2025-10-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5706.1.4
- Primary Topic
- Insect behavior and control techniques
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00