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First record of Fergusoninidae (Diptera: Schizophora) outside Australia: a new species of Fergusonina on Syzygium in India
Author(s) -
HARRIS K. M.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
systematic entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.552
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1365-3113
pISSN - 0307-6970
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1982.tb00132.x
Subject(s) - syzygium , biology , eucalyptus , larva , host (biology) , nematode , zoology , ecology , botany
. Adults, larvae and galls of Fergusonina syzygii sp.n. are described and illustrated from material collected on jaman plum, Syzygium cumini (L.), at Hyderabad (A.P.), India, by R. C. Joshi in 1978–79. This seems to be the first record of a fergusoninid fly outside Australia and on a host plant other than Eucalyptus. The symbiotic nematode, Fergusobia Currie, was present in galls of F.syzygii and is also recorded outside Australia for the first time.