Re-description and first record of Saltella setigera Brunetti, 1909 (Diptera: Sepsidae) from Azad Kashmir: An Oriental Asian species | ||
| Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics | ||
| Article 3, Volume 7, Issue 1, 2021, Pages 43-50 PDF (3.16 M) | ||
| Document Type: Research Article | ||
| DOI: 10.52547/jibs.7.1.43 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Muhammad Asghar Hassan* 1; Riaz Hussain2; Sakhawat Ali3; Noor Fatima1 | ||
| 1Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China. | ||
| 2Department of Entomology, Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan. | ||
| 3Department of Entomology, Sindh Agriculture University, Tando Jam, Pakistan. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The Oriental Asian species, Saltella setigera (Diptera: Sepsidae), that previously recorded based on a single male specimen from Shakargarh, Punjab province of Pakistan, is revised. During our recent collection from the Northern parts of Pakistan, both male and female specimens have been collected from Islamabad Capital Territory and Azad Kashmir, shows the wide distribution of this rarely known species and may expect to identify from other areas adjoining to these collection sites in future. The distributional notes, key characters, re-description, and detail photographs of both sexes are provided. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Sepsidae; new records; Azad Kashmir; Pakistan | ||
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