Pliomelaena spathuliniforma

Familia: Tephritidae
Subfamilia: Tephritinae
Tribus: Tephrellini
Genus: Pliomelaena
Species:

Pliomelaena spathuliniforma (Dirlbek & Dirlbek, 1968)

Type locality: Afgahnistan, Nengrahar Province, "Darunta & Laghman" per Hancock, 2007

Typus: Holotype Female ♀, MMB

• Metasphenisca spathuliniforme Dirlbek & Dirlbek, 1968: 175. (Original combination)
• Pliomelaena spathuliniforma (Dirlbek & Dirlbek, 1968); Hancock, 1997: 57. Comb. nov.

• =Pliomelaena udhampurensis Agarwal & Kapoor, 1988: 119; Hancock, 2004: 134. (Junior subjective synonym of Pliomelaena spathuliniforma in Hancock, 1997: 57); Singh et al. 2025.

• • Type locality: India, Jammu & Kashmir, Udhampur
    • Typus: Holotype Male ♂, INPC

• Dirlbek, J. & Dirlbek, K. 1968. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Fauna Afghanistans. Trypetidae, Diptera. Časopis Moravského Musea Vědy Přírodní (Acta Musei Moraviae, Supplementum) 53: 173–180. (Elsewhere cited as Cas. Morav. Mus. Ved. Prir. 53 (suppl.) or "Acta Mus. Mor. (Caso. Mor. Mus.), Sei. nat. (Suppl.)". See Archive
• Agarwal, M.L. & Kapoor, V.C. 1988. Four new species of fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae: Tephritini) together with redescription of Trupanea inaequabilis Hering and their distribution in India. Journal of Entomological Research 12: 117-128.
• Hancock, D.L. 2004. A review of the fruit fly tribe Pliomelaenini (Diptera: Tephritidae: Tephritinae) in the Indo-Australian region. Australian entomologist 31(3): 133–136. Abstract. Researchgate Reference page. 
• Hancock, D.L. 2007b. A new synonym and a new combination in the fruit fly tribe Pliomelaenini (Diptera: Tephritidae: Tephritinae). Australian entomologist 34(2): 57. Abstract. Researchgate PDFReference page. 
• Singh, S.K., David, K.J., Ramani, S. & Sachin, K. 2025. An updated checklist for fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) of India with new species and new distribution records. Zootaxa 5607(1): 1–71. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5607.1.1

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