Two new species of Euphranta Loew (Diptera: Tephritidae: Trypetiane) and an updated key for the species from India
Author
David, K. J.
Author
Singh, Shakti Kumar
text
Zootaxa
2015
3914
1
journal volume
42293
10.11646/zootaxa.3914.1.4
29b6a8bd-2876-4e36-b87c-c51f05f1f70a
1175-5326
237932
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Key to species of
Euphranta
Loew
from
India
(based on
David
et al
., 2013
)
1. Wing fully hyaline with a faint transverse band along crossvein dm-cu.................
E. hyalipennis
David & Freidberg
- Wing with either dark transverse bands or apical black patch................................................... 2
2. Wing with hyaline band extending from cell r1 just beyond pterostigma to posterior margin diagonally, curved up to reach cell r4+5; large apical brown patch with longitudinal hyaline band in cell r2+3..........................
E. klugii
(Wiedemann)
- Wing with transverse hyaline band from cell r1 just beyond pterostigma ending at or before posterior margin, never curved up to reach cell r4+5; devoid of large apical brown patch or, if present, without longitudinal hyaline band in cell r2+3 and hyaline apical spot in cell r4+5................................................................................... 3
3. Wing with subcostal band continued as costal band and a preapical brown patch covering crossveins dm-cu and r-m........................................................................................
E. macularis
(Wiedemann)
- Wing with subcostal band not continued as costal band; preapical brown patch absent............................... 4
4. Apex of cell r4+5 without hyaline spot; subapical band over crossvein dm-cu fading and merging with anterior yellow fumose area....................................................................................
E. diffusa
David
- Apex of cell r4+5 with hyaline spot and devoid of yellow fumose area............................................. 5
5. Wing with a hyaline V-shaped marking extending from anterior margin to cell cu1..............
E. lemniscata
(Enderlein)
- Wing with straight or curved transverse bands, never forming hyaline V-shaped marking............................. 6
6. Face wholly fulvous or slightly fuscous towards oral margin.................................................... 7
- Face wholly black, black towards oral margin, or with spots along antennal grooves................................ 10
7. Wing predominantly hyaline with one or two transverse bands.................................................. 8
- Wing not predominantly hyaline, with three to four crossbands or apical three-fourths dark brown to black with hyaline inden- tations.............................................................................................. 9
8. All femora yellow, wing predominantly hyaline, discal band narrowed to end before or at crossvein r-m..
E. cassiae
(Munro)
- Forefemur with apical one-third black, wing with discal band reaching cell dm.................
E. pseuodcassiae
sp. nov.
9. Wing hyaline with four discontinuous transverse bands.............................................
E. crux
(Bezzi)
- Wing hyaline only in basal quarter; apical three fourths dark brown to black except hyaline indentations in cell r1 that end at vein R4+5, in cell cu1 that extend into cell dm and at apex of cell r4+5........................
E. notabilis
(van der Wulp)
10. Face wholly black; scutum and abdomen shiny black; wing with four discontinuous, transverse bands..
E. nigripeda
(Bezzi)
- Face not wholly black, at least fulvous basally or with two separate black markings............................... 11
11. Face black towards oral margin.......................................................................... 12
- Face with two separate black spots....................................................................... 13
12. Wing with three transverse bands, subapical band fused with preapical band medially................
E. thandikudi
David
- Wing with two transverse bands, subapical band and preapical band not fused..................... ..
E. wrightiae
sp. nov.
13. Face with longitudinal marks along antennal foveae; dorsocentral seta vestigial or absent; apex of aculeus with preapical indentation..............................................................................
E. dysoxyli
David
- Face with two subtriangular spots; dorsocentral seta well developed; apex of aculeus acute and without preapical indentation.........................................................................
E. haldwanica
Hancock & Goodger