A new record of the hoverfly genus Dasysyrphus Enderlein, 1938 (Insecta: Diptera: Syrphidae) from India

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Jayita Sengupta
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6438-3870
Atanu Naskar
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0097-318X
Aniruddha Maity
Panchanan Parui
Sumit Homchaudhuri
Dhriti Banerjee

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One species of genus Dasysyrphus, Enderlein 1938, namely Dasysyrphus albostriatus (Fallen, 1817) is recorded for the first time from India.

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Jayita Sengupta, Diptera Section, Zoological Survey of India, M Block, New Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal 700053, India.

SENIOR ZOOLOGICAL ASSISTANT, DIPTERA SECTION

Atanu Naskar, Diptera Section, Zoological Survey of India, M Block, New Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal 700053, India.

Senior Zoological Assistant, Diptera Section

Aniruddha Maity, Diptera Section, Zoological Survey of India, M Block, New Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal 700053, India.

Senior Research Fellow, Diptera Section

Panchanan Parui, Diptera Section, Zoological Survey of India, M Block, New Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal 700053, India.

Retired Assistant Zoologist, Diptera Section

Sumit Homchaudhuri, Department of Zoology, University of Calcutta, 35, Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata, West Bengal 700019, India.

PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY

Dhriti Banerjee, Diptera Section, Zoological Survey of India, M Block, New Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal 700053, India.

SCIENTIST D, DIPTERA SECTION

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