01187nas a2200157   4500008004100000245013800041210006900179300001000248490000900258520054700267100001900814700001800833700002100851700001700872856014000889       2012                        eng d00aA new species of fig-feeding Lonchaeidae (Diptera: Schizophora) from India and a checklist for the family in the Indian sub-continent0 anew species of figfeeding Lonchaeidae Diptera Schizophora from I  a47-520 v32423 aA new species of Lonchaeidae, Silba lashker sp. nov. is described from specimens reared from figs in Jammu and Kashmir,
India. The adult and larvae are described and comparisons are made with other species in the genus. A checklist for
the Indian sub-continent is provided which lists twenty four species in four genera including one new species and a further
four species recorded from the sub-continent for the first time. The family Lonchaeidae is reported for the first time from
the biodiversity hotspot region of the Kashmir valley.1 aMacGowan, Iain1 aRAZAK, NAKEER1 aRotheray, Graham1 aAHMAD, IRFAN  uhttps://lonchaeidae.myspecies.info/new-species-fig-feeding-lonchaeidae-diptera-schizophora-india-and-checklist-family-indian-sub-contin