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Bactrocera (Zeugodacus) semongokensis Drew & Romig

Description

Bactrocera (Zeugodacus) semongokensis Drew & Romig

Bactrocera (Zeugodacus) semongokensis Drew & Romig, 2013: 344. Holotype male in BMNH.

Material examined. 1 ♂, INDIA, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andaman Islands, South Andamans, Chouldari, Bloomsdale, 8.iii.2012, N 11°37.988; E 92°39.22, Coll. David, K. J.; 1 ♂, INDIA, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Neil Island, Lakshmanpur, N 11°37.988; E 92°39.226, 6.iii.2012, Coll. David, K. J., attracted to cue lure (NBAIR).

Diagnosis. This species has been adequately described by Drew & Romig (2013) except for some additional genitalia characters. Face with broad black band across oral margin, broken in the centre (Fig. 31), scutum dark brown to black with yellow medial and lateral postsutural vittae (Fig. 32); anepisternal stripe broad and reaching anterior notopleural seta (Fig. 33), all femora with apical fuscous markings (Fig. 35), abdomen with a narrow black transverse band on tergite III but devoid of a dark longitudinal medial vitta (Fig. 34), wing with costal band confluent with R2+3, slightly expanded beyond R1 (Fig. 36). The male genitalia of B. semongokensis were examined: epandrium slightly shorter than lateral surstylus (Fig. 37); posterior lobe of surstylus longer than anterior lobe; medial surstylus as long as lateral surstylus (Fig. 38), aedeagus sclerotised with well developed patterned acrophallus, praeputium, trumpet-shaped basal lobe and short subapical lobe (Fig. 39). This species is known only from males. Described from East Malaysia (Sarawak and Sabah), it is recorded here for the first time from India (Andaman and Nicobar Islands).

Notes

Published as part of David, K. J., Ramani, S., Whitmore, Daniel & Ranganath, H. R., 2016, Two new species and a new record of Bactrocera Macquart (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacinae: Dacini) from India, pp. 25-34 in Zootaxa 4103 (1) on pages 32-33, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4103.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/271156

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Drew & Romig
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Diptera
Family
Tephritidae
Genus
Bactrocera
Species
semongokensis
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Drew, R. A. I. & Romig, M. C. (2013) Tropical Fruit Flies (Tephritidae: Dacinae) of South-East Asia: Indomalaya to North-West Australasia. CAB International, 645 pp.