Indian Journal of Entomology
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  • Year: 2022
  • Volume: 84
  • Issue: 3

New Record of Protophormia sp. (Calliphoridae: Diptera) from Cold Arid Desert Kargil Ladakh

  • Author:
  • Mohd Hussain*, Altaf Hussain Mir, Hidayatullah Tak
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Published Online: Feb 8, 2023
  • Page Number: 611 to 613

Department of Zoology, University of KashmirSrinagar, Jammu and Kashmir (UT), India

*Email: akmha168@gmail.com (corresponding author)

Online Published on 08 February, 2023.

Abstract

Protophormia is a genus of Calliphoridae well known species in the cold climatic areas of the Holarctic region. In the present study, Protophormia terraenovae (Robineau-Desvoidy) has been documented as new record from the trans-Himalayan region of cold arid desert Kargil Ladakh (UT), India. It has been found that this species is fairly distributed throughout Kargil, Ladakh.

Keywords

Protophormia terraenovae, Calliphoridae, Kargil Ladakh, Trans-Himalaya, Survey, Traps, New record, Diagnosis, Distribution, Redescription