TY - JOUR AU - Thapa, Ram Bahadur PY - 2013/01/24 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Redescription of Melanagromyza sojae (Zehntner) from India and Nepal JF - Nepalese Journal of Biosciences JA - Nepalese J Biosci VL - 2 IS - 0 SE - Articles DO - 10.3126/njbs.v2i0.7491 UR - https://nepjol.info/index.php/NJBS/article/view/7491 SP - 64-70 AB - <p>Six new species of other stem flies infesting mostly legumes were also discovered under the genus <em>Melanagromyza </em>(stem flies) from Pantnagar, Northern India. These were: <em>M. </em>species new ex stems of <em>Cassia </em>sp. (proposed name <em>M. pathaki </em>new species); <em>M. </em>species new ex stems of <em>Glycine max </em>(Linn.) Merril. (proposed name <em>M. glycini </em>new species); <em>M. </em>species new ex stems of <em>Medicago denticulata </em>willd. (proposed name <em>M. denticulata </em>Willd. new species); <em>M. </em>species new ex stems of <em>Pisum sativum </em>Linn. (proposed name <em>M. pisiphaga </em>new species); <em>M. </em>species new ex stems of <em>Trifolium pratense </em>Linn,. (proposed name <em>M. sehgali </em>new species) and <em>M. </em>species new ex stems of <em>Vicia faba </em>Linn. (proposed name <em>M. vicivora </em>new species). New names have been proposed to them as per International rules of Zoological Nomenclature. Other stem flies redescribed by author include: <em>Ophiomyia centrosematis </em>de Meijere, <em>Opmiormyia phaseoli </em>(Tryon) and <em>Ophiomyia cicerivora</em>. More than one thousand male genitalia slides were prepared for this study. Variations in morphology and genitalia characters have been described between and within the species. <em>Melanagromyza sojae </em>(Zehtner) has been redescribed here.</p> <p>DOI: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/njbs.v2i0.7491">http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/njbs.v2i0.7491</a></p> <p><em>Nepalese Journal of Biosciences </em>2 : 64-70 (2012)</p> ER -