Records of the Zoological Survey of India - A Journal of Indian Zoology

Sumana Halder ¹, Kaushik Kr. Bhattacharya ¹, P. Parui ¹, Kailash Chandra ¹, Dhriti Banerjee ¹

Affiliations
1 Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata-700053, IN

Abstract

The flies belonging to the family Tephritidae are commonly known as ‘fruit-flies’. These are small to medium sized (2.5-10 mm) flies, colourful, and usually with pictured wings, the sub costal vein curving forward at a right angle. Various species of this family cause damage to fruit (e.g. citrus, apple, mango, sunflower) and other plant crops. The larvae and maggots entered into the fruits, that leads to bacterial infection and finally fruits are destroyed. So, they play a great role in agricultural field (Smith and Brown, 2014).

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Kaushik Kr. Bhattacharya ¹, P. Parui ¹, Dhriti Banerjee ¹

Affiliations
1 Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata-700053, IN

Abstract

Northeast India consists the present day Assam or Assam valley and rest of the contiguous - Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and former princely states of Manipur and Tripura, state of Sikkim and parts of North Bengal (districts of Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri and Koch Bihar). The present paper based on old collections present in Zoological Survey of India records 6 species under 4 genera from North-East India.

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Kaushik Kr. Bhattacharya ¹, P. Parui ¹, Dhriti Banerjee ¹

Affiliations
1 Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata-700053, IN

Abstract

Members of family Tephritidae include several economically important pest species across the globe. Various species of fruit fly cause damage to fruit and other plant crops, some fruit flies are used as agents of , thereby reducing the populations of pest species. Most fruit flies lay their eggs in plant tissues, where the larvae find their first food upon emerging. The adults usually have a very short lifespan.

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Bulganin Mitra ¹, P. Parui ¹

Affiliations
1 Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700053, IN

Abstract

Bibhutibhusan Wildlife Sanctuary is situated in the district of North 24-Parganas (Lat.: 23°11.28°1' Long.: 88°46.10°5') under Bagdah P.S., Bongaon sub-Division. The Sanctuary is bounded on all its three sides by the River Ichamati while the eastern side is bounded by adjoining village areas namely Parmadan and Jhupa.

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