Notes on the frugivorous fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) fauna of western Africa, with description of a new Dacus species
Author
Meyer, Marc De
Author
White, Ian M.
Author
F. M. Goodger, Kim
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European Journal of Taxonomy
2013
2013-07-18
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Dacus pleuralis
Collart, 1935
Among the material examined was a male specimen collected at Ibadan,
Nigeria
(
4-8 Dec. 2003
, cue lure traps, leg. G. Goergen), in addition to the male specimen studied earlier (
White & Goodger 2009
). It shows some morphological deviation from the earlier collected specimen and from the
type
material as redescribed in
White (2006)
: the xanthines (katatergite and anatergite) are fused, while in the typical
D. pleuralis
the xanthines are clearly separated. The anterior supra-alar seta is absent or vestigial while well developed in the typical
D. pleuralis
. These differences, however, appear to be intraspecific variation and do not warrant separate description.