Two new species of Acroceratitis Hendel (Diptera: Tephritidae) and an updated key for the species from India
Author
David, K. J.
Author
Hancock, D. L.
Author
Ramani, S.
text
Zootaxa
2014
3895
3
411
418
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3895.3.5
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Acroceratitis histrionica
(de Meijere)
(
Fig 21
)
Material examined.
2♀,
1♂
,
INDIA
, Karnataka, Bangalore, Hebbal,
10.vii.2013
, David K. J.; 1♀,
INDIA
, Karnataka, Bangalore, Hebbal,
31.vii.2013
, David K. J;
1♂
,
INDIA
, Karnataka, Bangalore, Hebbal,
27.viii.2013
, David K. J. (
NBAIR
).
This species has been adequately described by
Hardy (1973)
and
Hancock and Drew (1999)
. It resembles
A. tomentosa
Hardy
in possessing costal band interrupted by a hyaline transverse band just beyond cell sc, but differs in having scutellum entirely black except for a yellow mark on each side at base of basal scutellar setae and dark fuscous femora. It is now known from southern
India
,
Sri Lanka
,
Thailand
,
Laos
and
Indonesia
.