First record of Dryomyza pakistana Kurahashi, 1989 (Diptera: Dryomyzidae) from Poonch district, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan

Abstract

Based on the current study, family Dryomyzidae has been recorded for the first time from Poonch district, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. Only a single species Dryomyza pakistana Kurahashi, 1989 under the genus Dryomyza Fallén, 1820 has been reported from Azad Kashmir, and can easily be differentiated from its closely related species (D. formosa) as: black shining mesopleuron, pteropleuron, sternopleuron and hypopleuron, abdomen entirely black, covered with black hairs, horaxic dorsum without median strip, mid and hind femora black except the subapical orange band. The photographs and geographical distributions of D. pakistana Kurahashi, 1989 are provided.