African Dacus (Diptera: Tephritidae); New Species and Data, with Particular Reference to the Tel Aviv University Collection Author White, Ian M. Author Goodger, Kim F. M. text Zootaxa 2009 2127 1 49 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.274925 534e3106-2d37-4f90-98c7-fe3fab66dc7b 1175-5326 274925 Dacus ( Lophodacus ) xanthinus sp.n. Figures 58 – 63 . Dacus apoxanthus : White 2006 : 117 , not Bezzi 1924b : 466 [misidentification, in part] Diagnosis. This species differs from D. apoxanthus Bezzi, 1924 b in having distinct xanthines (postpronotal lobe, notopleural wedge, scutellum, anepisternal, katatergite and katepisternum; Figs 58, 61 ). Description. Size . Small, wing length, 4.2 – 4.7 mm . Head (fig. 60). Pedicel+first flagellomere not longer than ptilinal suture. Face, antennal furrow with a dark spot, almost a four-sided shape filling width of furrow. Frons, frontal setae 1 – 2, orbital setae absent. Thorax (figs 58, 61). Scutum predominantly red-brown; postpronotal lobe yellow; notopleural callus yellow; notopleural xanthine wedge shaped (connected to notopleural callus), slightly constricted adjacent callus; lateral and medial postsutural vitta absent. Scutellum without any dark patterning (except for red-brown basal margin). Anepisternum with a yellow stripe from notopleural callus to katepisternum; extended onto katepisternum. Laterotergal xanthine confined to katatergite. Thoracic setae . Anterior notopleural seta present but reduced (thin); anterior supra-alar seta absent. Wing (fig. 63). Basal cells bc and c without an almost complete covering of microtrichia; cell bm without microtrichia. Narrow subbasal raised section of cell br without microtrichia. Crossvein R-M beyond middle of cell dm. Costal band reduced to a very narrow band, often barely discernable, and a small apical spot. Anal streak absent. Cells bc and c hyaline. Without any crossbanding. Legs (fig. 62). Forefemur pale, mid- and hindfemur pale to barely discernably bicolored (yellow, pale brown apically). Abdomen (fig. 59). Predominantly red-brown; tergite IV with a round black sublateral spot; tergite V with a broad medial black stripe. Tergites I – V all fused. Male . Tergite III without pecten; no dense microtrichia adjacent end A1+Cu2; no hindtibia preapical pad. Basal costal section (costagium) with thickened setae. Female . No data (aculeus retracted and not dissected). FIGURES 58–63. Dacus ( Lophodacus ) xanthinus sp.n. , holotype male. 58. Mesonotum, dorsal view. 59. Abdomen, dorsal view. 60. Head, anterior view. 61. Thorax, left lateral view. 62. Legs, left lateral view; fore, mid, hind. 63. Wing, dorsal view. Scale lines = 1mm. Etymology. Descriptive name for its prominent xanthines. Material. Holotype male, paratypes , 2 males , 1 female , NIGERIA : Plateau State, Kurra Falls, 60km s.e. Jos, 5 – 7.xii.1987 , A. Freidberg ( TAU ). 1 paratype male, SENEGAL : Abbaye Keur Moussa, 5.x.2004 , J.F. Vayssieres, RVA1650 ( BMNH ). Remarks. The specimen from Senegal is teneral and was wrongly assumed to be an unusual variant of D. apoxanthus by White (2006) . The specimens from Nigeria are mature and the differences from southern and eastern African D. apoxanthus are both distinct and consistent.