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A Checklist of Soldierflies (Diptera, Stratiomyidae) in India CORE Metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk Provided by Elsevier - Publisher Connector Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity xxx (2016) 1e11 HOSTED BY Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity journal homepage: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/japb Original article A checklist of soldierflies (Diptera, Stratiomyidae) in India Aijaz Ahmad Wachkoo a,*, Ghulam Mustafa Shah a, Ulfat Jan a, Shahid Ali Akbar b a Department of Zoology, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India b Central Institute of Temperate Horticulture, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India article info abstract Article history: The Indian soldierfly fauna is rich and diverse, yet it is poorly studied as most species were described in Received 1 January 2016 the 19th century. Soldierflies, like most other organisms, especially in developing nations such as India, Received in revised form have been largely overlooked in recent times. In this study, we present an inventory of all names so far 27 March 2016 validly published in Indian Stratiomyidae. Synonyms, notes about type localities, depositories, and dis- Accepted 5 April 2016 tribution are included. The study revealed that the soldierfly species list from India comprises 84 valid Available online xxx species, distributed in 35 genera and 7 subfamilies. The present study provides a synopsis of the regional taxonomical work carried out until now, and can serve as a baseline survey for future studies. The study Keywords: fl Diptera indicates that most areas of the vast Indian territory are unexplored for soldier ies, and perhaps the fl distribution majority of the soldier ies in India still remain discovered. India Copyright Ó 2016, National Science Museum of Korea (NSMK) and Korea National Arboretum (KNA). species inventory Production and hosting by Elsevier. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http:// Stratiomyidae creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Introduction from the region that are available in the literature. Altogether, 35 genera and 84 valid species distributed in seven subfamilies are India is one of the world’s most biodiverse regions with a total currently known from the area (Table 1). area of about 3,287,263 km2. The faunal diversity of India is rich and diversified because of a variety of eco-zones ranging from deserts to Material and methods high mountains and tropical to temperate forests (Shah et al 2014). The Indian soldierfly fauna has been poorly known as most species The present study brings together scattered knowledge on the were described in the 19th century. Apart from treatment by soldierflies described from India. The study is based on the avail- Brunetti (1920, 1923), the fauna has been neglected taxonomically. able literature rather than on extensive new taxonomic work. Most The majority of soldierflies, like most of the other organisms, were of the names of the described species presented are in accordance collected during early expeditions undertaken by European tax- with the most recent Stratiomyidae classification following Sys- onomists and collectors. The study indicates that most of the spe- tema Dipterorum (Woodley 2001; Pape and Evenhuis 2013). The cies have been collected in selected regions of India, typically from list is arranged systematically to subfamily level and alphabetically Northeast Himalaya, whereas most of the other areas have not been thereafter, to make the search easier for a given taxon. Main ref- explored for soldierflies. As such, perhaps the majority of the sol- erences to the original description and distributions are listed. The dierflies in India still remain discovered. acronyms used for collections follow the standard of the Systema The aim of this paper is to correct the errors in the study of Mitra Dipterorum (Woodley 2001; Pape and Evenhuis, 2013), and their (2012) so as to reduce confusion by eliminating future misinfor- equivalents are as follows: BMNHdNatural History Museum, Lon- mation associated with Indian Stratiomyidae and facilitate forth- don, UK; BPBMdDepartment of Natural Sciences, Bernice P. Bishop coming research on Indian soldierfly fauna by providing the first Museum, Honolulu, HI, USA; CNCdCanadian National Collection, comprehensively researched species inventory. The species list Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; FSMUdFaculty of Science, Masaryk Uni- presented here includes the names of all soldierfly species recorded versity, Brno, Czech Republic; HNHMdHungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, Hungary; IEMEdInstitute of Evolution, Morphology and Ecology of Animals, Moscow, Russia; MHCdMartin Hauser Collection, Sacramento, California, USA; * þ Corresponding author. Tel.: 91 941 902 6340. d ’ E-mail address: [email protected] (A.A. Wachkoo). MNHNP Museum National d Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France; d d Peer review under responsibility of National Science Museum of Korea (NSMK) and NMW Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria; NRS Na- Korea National Arboretum (KNA). turhistoriska Riksmuseet, Stockholm, Sweden; PANdPolska http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.japb.2016.04.004 pISSN2287-884X eISSN2287-9544/Copyright Ó 2016, National Science Museum of Korea (NSMK) and Korea National Arboretum (KNA). Production and hosting by Elsevier. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Please cite this article in press as: Wachkoo AA, et al., A checklist of soldierflies (Diptera, Stratiomyidae) in India, Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity (2016), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.japb.2016.04.004 2 AA Wachkoo et al. / Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity xxx (2016) 1e11 Table 1. Soldierflies in India. Table 1 (continued ) Subfamily Genus Species Author(s) Subfamily Genus Species Author(s) Beridinae Actina compta (Enderlein, 1921) kashmirensis Brunetti, 1920 Allognosta assamensis Brunetti, 1920 lutatius Walker, 1849 inermis Brunetti, 1912 ochropa Thomson, 1869 stigmaticalis Enderlein, 1921 pulcherrima Brunetti, 1920 Beris annulipes Brunetti, 1912 quadrata (Lindner, 1937) Clitellariinae Adoxomyia bistriata (Brunetti, 1912) solennis Walker, 1851 stylata (Brunetti, 1923) transversa Brunetti, 1920 heminopla (Wiedemann, 1819) viridana (Wiedemann, 1824) Campeprosopa longispina (Brunetti, 1913) Oplodontha minuta (Fabricius, 1794) Clitellaria bilineata (Fabricius, 1805) rubrithorax (Macquart, 1838) ignifera (Brunetti, 1923) Oxycera binotata (Séguy, 1934) Cyphomyia indica Brunetti, 1920 fumipennis (Kertész, 1923) Eudmeta brunnea De Meijere, 1904 signata Brunetti, 1920 diadematipennis Brunetti, 1923 Prosopochrysa vitripennis (Doleschall, 1856) marginata (Fabricius, 1805) Stratiomys approximata Brunetti, 1923 Nigritomyia andamanensis Das, Sharma, & Nemotelinae Brachycara ventralis Thomson, 1869 Dev Roy, 1984 Ruba cincta Brunetti, 1923 inflata Walker, 1859 Pachygastrinae Cibotogaster argentihirta (Brunetti, 1907) d auricollis (Brunetti, 1907) Akademia Nauk, Warsaw, Poland; RNH Rijksmuseum van azurea (Gerstaecker, 1857) Natuurlijke Historie, Leiden, The Netherlands; SMFdFor- Craspedometopon frontale Kertész, 1909 schungsinstitut und Naturmuseum Senckenberg, Frankfurt, Ger- orientale Rozkosný & many; SMNSdMuseum für Naturkunde, Stuttgart, Germany; Kovac, 2007 UMOdOxford University Museum of Natural History, England; Culcua ornans Rozkosný & Kozanek, 2007 USNMdNational Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, Evaza bipars Walker, 1856 USA; UNKdUnknown depository of type material; flavipes Bigot, 1879 UZMCdUniversitetets Zoologiske Museum, Copenhagen, indica Kertész, 1906 Denmark; ZIBdZuse Institute Berlin, Germany; ZMANdZoölogi- Gabaza albiseta (De Meijere, 1907) argentea Walker, 1858 sche Museum, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The brunettii (Krivosheina, 2002) Netherlands; ZMHUdMuseum für Naturkunde der Humboldt- Monacanthomyia annandalei Brunetti, 1912 Universität, Berlin, Germany; and ZSIdZoological Survey of India, Pachygaster annulipes Brunetti, 1920 Kolkata, India. Paracechorismenus albipes (Brunetti, 1907) Parastratiosphecomyia freidbergi Woodley, 2012 Ptilocera continua Walker, 1851 simplex Mason & Rozkosný, 2011 Taxonomic accounts Rosapha bimaculata Wulp, 1904 flavistigmatica Kovac & Subfamily Beridinae Rozkosný, 2012 habilis Walker, 1859 Actina compta (Enderlein, 1921) Stratiosphecomyia variegata Brunetti, 1913 Hoplacantha compta Enderlein, 1921: 203. Type locality (TL): Tinda indica (Walker, 1851) Darjeeling (India: West Bengal) [Holotype \: ZMHU]; Brunetti, Zabrachia annulifemur Brunetti, 1920 Hermetiinae Hermetia illucens (Linnaeus, 1758) 1923: 165; Woodley, 2001: 52. laeta De Meijere, 1904 Sarginae Microchrysa calopa Brunetti, 1912 Distribution. India (West Bengal). dichoptica James, 1957 fl aviventris (Wiedemann, 1824) Allognosta assamensis Brunetti, 1920 Ptecticus assamensis Brunetti, 1923 aurifer (Walker, 1854) Allognosta assamensis Brunetti, 1920: 95. TL: Tura, Garo Hills (India: aurobrunneus Brunetti, 1920 Meghalaya) [Holotype \: ZSI]; Brunetti, 1923:164;Woodley, australis Schiner, 1868 2001: 54; Papp et al, 2006: 146. cingulatus Loew, 1855 indicus Rozkosný & Hauser, 2009 Distribution. India (Meghalaya), Thailand. kerteszi De Meijere, 1924 longipennis (Wiedemann, 1824) Allognosta inermis Brunetti, 1912 melanurus (Walker, 1848) Allognosta inermis Brunetti, 1912: 455. TL: Darjeeling (India: West rogans (Walker, 1858) Bengal) [Holotype _: ZSI]; Brunetti, 1920: 94, 1923: 163; srilankai Rozkosný & Hauser, 2001 Woodley, 2001: 56. tricolor Wulp, 1904 vulpianus (Enderlein, 1914) Distribution. China,
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