Zeugodacus madhupuri is a species of fruit fly that was discovered in Madhupur National Park.[1][2]

Zeugodacus madhupuri
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tephritidae
Genus: Zeugodacus
Species:
Z. madhupuri
Binomial name
Zeugodacus madhupuri
Leblanc, Luc & Hossain, Md & Doorenweerd, Camiel & Khan, Shakil & Momen, Mahfuza & San Jose, Michael & Rubinoff, Daniel. (2019)

A group of researchers from Bangladesh and the United States ran research project in Bangladesh from 2013.[3] In September 2018 they found a new species of fruit fly in Madhupur National Park.[4] The name of the fruit fly was named after Madhupur National Park as Zeugodacus madhupuri.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "New fly species found in Bangladesh, named madhupuri". Dhaka Tribune. 25 September 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  2. ^ Leblanc, Luc & Hossain, Md & Doorenweerd, Camiel & Khan, Shakil & Momen, Mahfuza & San Jose, Michael & Rubinoff, Daniel. (2019). Six years of fruit fly surveys in Bangladesh: a new species, 33 new country records and discovery of the highly invasive Bactrocera carambolae (Diptera, Tephritidae). ZooKeys. 876. 87-109.
  3. ^ "বাংলাদেশে ফলের নতুন মাছি শনাক্ত". Jugantor (in Bengali). 29 September 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  4. ^ "ফলের মাছি 'মধুপুরী". Kaler Kantho (in Bengali). 12 October 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2019.