Philophylla Rondani

David, K. J., Singh, Shakti Kumar & Ramani, S., 2014, New species and records of Trypetinae (Diptera: Tephritidae) from India, Zootaxa 3795 (2), pp. 126-134 : 130

Genus Philophylla Rondani

Philophylla is a large genus with nearly 57 described species from Oriental, Afrotropical, Australasian and Palaearctic Regions of the world, most of them having been treated under the genus Myoleja Rondani ( Han, 1999b; Norrbom et al., 1999). Philophylla is now placed in a different subtribe ( Trypetina ) from Anomoia Walker and Myoleja (Chetostomatina) , which differs mainly in female postabdominal characters. It differs from Hoplandromyia (Trypetina) in lacking modified frontal setae in males and infesting fruit rather than mining leaves. Philophylla possesses a pair of strong lateral marginal setae on oviscape, lateral surstylus with broadly flattened anterior lobe and elongate posterior lobe ( Han, 1999b). Twenty six species are known from Oriental Region and six from India including the new species described here.