Euphranta siruvani’
Context: A new species of fruit fly discovered from Coimbatore district in Tamil Nadu is named after Siruvani, an ecological hotspot in the Western Ghats.
- The fruit fly ‘Euphranta siruvani’ belonging to family Tephritidae was identified by researchers from a non-forest area near Siruvani and the discovery has been published in the Zootaxa journal.
- 104 known species from genus Euphranta are distributed across the world, of which 14 are found in India.
- The discovery of Euphranta siruvani is the new addition to the list.
- This fruit fly is differentiated from the other species of Euphranta by the presence of a ‘V’ shaped black band on the wing and prominent subapical band connected to the apical black patch.
- It lays eggs in fruits and the larvae feed on the pulp.
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