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
(
Dacus
)
sphaerostigma
(Bezzi)
Tridacus sphaerostigma
Bezzi 1924b
: 457
Other
synonyms:
White (2006: 77)
Material.
MALAWI
:
1 male
,
1 female
, South Zomba Plateau, Mountain Rd,
1200m
.,
5.x.1998
, F. Kaplan & A. Freidberg (
TAU
)
Remarks.
First record for
Malawi
. The male is atypical in that it lacks an anterior supra-alar seta, a common aberration in some other species of sg.
Dacus
(variant included in revised key; revised couplet 114). Both specimens lack an anterior notopleural seta.