Published August 31, 2011 | Version v1
Taxonomic treatment Open

Bactrocera (Bactrocera) finitima : Drew 1989

Description

Bactrocera (Bactrocera) finitima Drew

Bactrocera (Bactrocera) finitima: Drew, 1989: 41–42.

Diagnosis. A medium sized species (wing length 6.5 mm); face with a pair of medium sized pear shaped spots; scutum black; postpronotal lobe and notopleuron yellow; each lateral postsutural vitta of medium width and narrowing slightly posteriorly to end at ia. seta; mesopleural stripe ending midway between anterior margin of notopleuron and postpronotal lobe dorsally; wings with cells bc and c colourless, microtrichia in outer corner of cell c only, broad fuscous costal band almost confluent with R 4+5 and of uniform colouration, broad fuscous cubital streak; legs with all segments fulvous except hind tibiae pale fuscous; abdominal terga mostly orange-brown except for a very narrow medial longitudinal dark line on tergum V and posterior part of tergum IV, shining spots orange-brown.

Attractant. No known record.

Hosts. No known record.

Distribution. Type locality: Papua New Guinea (Bulolo, Morobe Province).

Notes

Published as part of Drew, R. A. I., Ma, Jing, Smith, S. & Hughes, J. M., 2011, The Taxonomy And Phylogenetic Relationships Of Species In The Bactrocera Musae Complex Of Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacinae) In Papua New Guinea, pp. 145-162 in Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 59 (2) on page 151, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10107060

Files

Files (1.5 kB)

Name Size Download all
md5:2d86e14b3ed08e7c4c6f19c5fc302984
1.5 kB Download

System files (6.8 kB)

Name Size Download all
md5:dbe3445f6e4d4ec687caaf9b4239c8eb
6.8 kB Download

Linked records

Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
: Drew
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Diptera
Family
Tephritidae
Genus
Bactrocera
Species
finitima
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Bactrocera (Bactrocera) finitima Drew, 1989 sec. Drew, Ma, Smith & Hughes, 2011

References

  • Drew, R. A. I., 1989. The tropical fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacinae) of the Australasian and Oceanian regions. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 26: 1 - 521.