Department of Zoology, University of KashmirSrinagar, Jammu and Kashmir (UT), India
*Email: akmha168@gmail.com (corresponding author)
Online Published on 08 February, 2023.
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.
Protophormia terraenovae, Calliphoridae, Kargil Ladakh, Trans-Himalaya, Survey, Traps, New record, Diagnosis, Distribution, Redescription