Bactrocera (Bactrocera) prabhakari Maneesh, Gupta & Hancock 2023
Authors/Creators
- 1. College of Horticulture and Forestry, Neri, Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh, India.
- 2. 14 Yew Tree Court, Carlisle, Cumbria CA 2 5 QA, United Kingdom.
Description
Variation in Bactrocera (Bactrocera) prabhakari Maneesh, Gupta & Hancock (2023)
(Figure 4C)
This species was described by Maneesh et al. (2023) along with its genital characters and we record here variation in females trapped in the field.
Variation: Two pairs of frontal setae instead of three (in one specimen only; another with 3 pairs), fore and mid femora broadly black except slight basal and apical portions and all tibiae black (fig. 4 C). Rest of characters including abdominal band pattern and genitalia same as described. Presence of 2 or 3 frontal setae possibly common mutation in species. However, shape of medial lobe of aculeus and other characters are stable as described, making this species distinct.
Material examined: 2 ♀, Solan Bait, INDIA, Himachal Pradesh, Solan, Nauni, 30°51’47” N 77°10’7” E. 18.ix.2024, Maneesh Leg. Voucher specimens with first author.
Parapheromone: Unknown (attracted to Solan Bait sprayed on apple trees).
Host plant: Solanum aculeatissimum Jacq. (syn. S. khasianum C.B. Clarke) (Maneesh et al., 2023).
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- C
- Event date
- 2024-09-18
- Verbatim event date
- 2024-09-18
- Scientific name authorship
- Maneesh, Gupta & Hancock
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Diptera
- Family
- Tephritidae
- Genus
- Bactrocera
- Species
- prabhakari
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Bactrocera (Bactrocera) prabhakari Maneesh, 2023 sec. Singh & Hancock, 2025
References
- Maneesh, P. S., Gupta, D., Hancock, D. L., Sharma, I. & Sharma, P. L. (2023) A new species of Bactrocera Macquart reared from Solanum khasianum Clarke in northern India and a new synonym. Zootaxa, 5380 (6), 526-540. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5380.6.2