Bactrocera (Bactrocera) wuzhishana, Lin & Yang, 2006

Abhishek, Venkateshaiah, David, Karamankodu Jacob & Pradeep, Shivanand, 2024, Two new species and a new record of Bactrocera Macquart (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacinae: Dacini) from India with an updated key to species of subgenus Bactrocera, Zootaxa 5486 (2), pp. 283-300 : 295-297

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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5486.2.6

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13209997

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scientific name

Bactrocera (Bactrocera) wuzhishana
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B. ( Bactrocera) wuzhishana Lin & Yang View in CoL

( Figures 33–40 View FIGURES 33–40 )

B. ( B.) wuzhishana Lin & Yang View in CoL , in Lin et al., 2006: 312. Holotype male in HEIQ.

Material examined. 2♂♂, India, Assam, Ri Bhoi, Bhoirymbong , 14.iii.2023, attracted to Methyl eugenol, Kennedy, N. (NIM) .

Diagnosis. This species has been adequately described by Drew & Romig (2013) except for some additional genitalia characters. A medium sized species ( 4.7 mm); ( Fig. 33 View FIGURES 33–40 ) face dark fuscous with elongate large oval spots; ( Fig. 34 View FIGURES 33–40 ) scutum black without pale markings; notopleura and postpronotal lobes yellow; very short and narrow lateral postsutural yellow vittae present; medial postsutural yellow vitta absent; mesopleural (anepisternal) stripe reaching midway between anterior margin of notopleuron and anterior notopleural seta dorsally; ( Fig. 34 View FIGURES 33–40 ) Scutellum yellow with a narrow black basal band; ( Fig. 37 View FIGURES 33–40 ) wing cells bc and c colourless, microtrichia in outer corner of cell c only; narrow dark fuscous costal band confluent with R 2+3 and widening at the apex; narrow dark fuscous anal streak; ( Fig. 36 View FIGURES 33–40 ) abdominal terga III–V almost entirely black except for a narrow transverse orange-brown band across posterior margin of tergum V which extends anteriorly along a narrow medial longitudinal black band on this tergum.

Male genitalia ( Figs 38, 39, 40 View FIGURES 33–40 ): Epandrium and surstyli inverted U-shaped in outline (posterior view), strongly sclerotised, quadrate ( 0.27 mm high, 0.28 mm wide), lateral surstylus ( 0.17 mm long, 0.05 mm broad), posterior lobe ( 0.09 mm) of lateral surstylus, pointed, longer than anterior lobe ( 0.05 mm); proctiger membraneous ( 0.08 mm), smaller than epandrium, medial surstylus shorter than lateral surstylus tapering towards apex with a pair of thick prensisetae; Phallus elongate ( 1.9 mm) with well-developed ( Fig. 40 View FIGURES 33–40 ) glans ( 0.42 mm); 0.75 of glans sclerotised with unpatterned praeputium; subapical lobe and basal lobe present.

Attractant: Methyl eugenol.

Female: No known record.

Type locality: China ( Hainan I., Mt Wuzhishan ).

Host plants: No known record.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Tephritidae

Tribe

Dacini

Genus

Bactrocera

Loc

Bactrocera (Bactrocera) wuzhishana

Abhishek, Venkateshaiah, David, Karamankodu Jacob & Pradeep, Shivanand 2024
2024
Loc

B. ( B. ) wuzhishana

Lin, M. & Yang, Z. & Wang, X. & Li, J. & Li, W. 2006: 312
2006
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