Open AccessFirst record of the hoverfly genus Spilomyia Meigen (Diptera: Syrphidae) for Pakistan
Author(s) -
Muhammad Asghar Hassan,
Imran Bodlah,
Riaz Hussain,
Azan Karam,
Fazlullah,
Azaz Ahmad
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of threatened taxa
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.264
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 0974-7907
pISSN - 0974-7893
DOI - 10.11609/jott.5665.13.8.19165-19167
Subject(s) - khyber pakhtunkhwa , genus , biology , zoology , geography , distribution (mathematics) , ecology , socioeconomics , mathematics , sociology , mathematical analysis
The genus Spilomyia Meigen, 1803 along with Spilomyia manicata (Rondani, 1865) are recorded for the first time from Swat valley, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The diagnostic characters with photographs and distribution map of this rarely known species from Pakistan and its neighboring countries are provided.