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The occurence of Zaprionus sensu stricto in the palearctic region (Diptera: Drosophilidae)

The occurence of Zaprionus sensu stricto in the palearctic region (Diptera: Drosophilidae) NOTE BRÈVE Ann/s Soc. ent. Fr. (N.S.) 1991, 27 (4): 495-496, 1 fig., 5 réf. The occurence of Zaprionus sensu stricto in the palearctic region (Diptera : Drosophilidae) M. Th. CHASSAGNARD (*) & A.R. KRAAIJEVELD (**) (*) Laboratoire de Biologie et Génétique Evolutives du CNRS, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France. (**) Rijksuniversiteit Leiden, Zoologisch Laboratorium, Kaiserstraat 63, Postbus 9516, 2300 RA Leiden, the Netherlands. The genus Zaprionus Coquillett, 1902 comprises two subgenera : Zaprionus s. str. (31 species) with a mainly african distribution, and Anaprionus Okada, 1990 (10 species) with an oriental and autralasian distribution. During the last twenty years a number of species of Zaprionus s. str. have been found outside Africa and the afrotropical isles. Following the recent discovery of Zaprio­ nus ghesquierei Collart, 1937 in Turkey and Cyprus we will summarize the published and no-published data on the geographical extension of three species (fig. 1) : - Zaprionus indianus Gupta, 1970. A common species all over Africa. The nomenclatural vicissitudes ofthis species have recently been reported on (Tsacas, 1985) ; here we will only men­ tion that this species has been known for years as Z. vittiger Coquillett, 1902 and since 1980 under the name of Z. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N S ) Taylor & Francis

The occurence of Zaprionus sensu stricto in the palearctic region (Diptera: Drosophilidae)

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Taylor & Francis
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© 1991 Société entomologique de France
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2168-6351
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0037-9271
DOI
10.1080/21686351.1991.12277851
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Abstract

NOTE BRÈVE Ann/s Soc. ent. Fr. (N.S.) 1991, 27 (4): 495-496, 1 fig., 5 réf. The occurence of Zaprionus sensu stricto in the palearctic region (Diptera : Drosophilidae) M. Th. CHASSAGNARD (*) & A.R. KRAAIJEVELD (**) (*) Laboratoire de Biologie et Génétique Evolutives du CNRS, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France. (**) Rijksuniversiteit Leiden, Zoologisch Laboratorium, Kaiserstraat 63, Postbus 9516, 2300 RA Leiden, the Netherlands. The genus Zaprionus Coquillett, 1902 comprises two subgenera : Zaprionus s. str. (31 species) with a mainly african distribution, and Anaprionus Okada, 1990 (10 species) with an oriental and autralasian distribution. During the last twenty years a number of species of Zaprionus s. str. have been found outside Africa and the afrotropical isles. Following the recent discovery of Zaprio­ nus ghesquierei Collart, 1937 in Turkey and Cyprus we will summarize the published and no-published data on the geographical extension of three species (fig. 1) : - Zaprionus indianus Gupta, 1970. A common species all over Africa. The nomenclatural vicissitudes ofthis species have recently been reported on (Tsacas, 1985) ; here we will only men­ tion that this species has been known for years as Z. vittiger Coquillett, 1902 and since 1980 under the name of Z.

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Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N S )Taylor & Francis

Published: Oct 31, 1991

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