Silba Macquart, 1851

Macgowan, Iain, Razak, Nakeer, Rotheray, Graham E. & Ahmad, Irfan, 2012, A new species of fig-feeding Lonchaeidae (Diptera: Schizophora) from India and a checklist for the family in the Indian sub-continent, Zootaxa 3242, pp. 47-52 : 48

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.209909
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6171065
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C7327315-C670-5073-69EA-FE1FFF0EFDC1
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Silba Macquart, 1851
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Treatment

Genus Silba Macquart, 1851 View in CoL View at ENA .

This genus currently contains some 90 named species but many others still await description. The majority of Silba species are associated with the tropical forests of Africa, Asia, and Australasia extending northwards into southern Europe, Taiwan and southern China. Larvae have been reared from the fruits and stems of a wide range of tropical plants.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Diptera
Family	Lonchaeidae

Specimens

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