<strong>Taxonomic notes on genus <em>Taeniostola</em> Bezzi (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacinae: Gastrozonini) with description of a new species from India</strong>

A new species of Taeniostola, T. sahyadri David, Hancock & Noor, sp. nov. is described and illustrated based on specimens attracted to cut sprouts of bamboo from Western Ghat sections of Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. T. vittigera Bezzi was predominant in Northeast India and is distinctly different from T. sahyadri in wing, postabdominal morphology and molecular data. A key to all species of…