Euphranta haldwanica Hancock & Goodger

David, K. J., Hancock, D. L., Sankararaman, H., Sachin, K. & Sudhir, Singh, 2020, A new species of Euphranta Loew (Diptera: Tephritidae: Trypetinae: Adramini) from India, Zootaxa 4868 (4), pp. 584-590 : 588-589

Euphranta haldwanica Hancock & Goodger

Material examined: 1♂, Haldwani Div. U.P., H. N. Parker, 11.iii.1923, R. R . D. 23, B.C. R 223 , Glass jar A, ex Dysoxylum malabaricum , 1♀ same data as above except for date 13.iii.1923 ( FRI)

Diagnosis: This species was described by Hancock and Goodger in David et al. (2013), wherein morphology of postabdominal structures was not studied except for aculeus tip. Male: epandrium in lateral view oval, broad lateral surstylus ( Fig. 15 ) with no delineation of anterior and posterior lobes, proctiger hyaline and setose, much smaller than epandrium; in posterior view, epandrium elongate-oval, medial surstylus shorter than lateral surstylus with weakly sclerotised prensisetae ( Fig. 16 ). Phallus elongate, tubular (3.11 mm), with glans of phallus almost hyaline except for two basal, conical sclerotised plates without prominent acrophallus ( Fig. 17 ). Oviscape (2.84 mm long) brown; distal end of eversible membrane (2.04 mm) with closely packed broad, dentate spicules ( Fig. 19 ); aculeus (0.83 mm) tip without preapical indentations ( Fig. 18 ). Spermatheca weakly sclerotized, clavate ( Fig. 20 ).

Figures

FIGURES 15–20. Euphranta haldwanica Hancock & Goodger. 15, epandrium and lateral surstyli (lateral view); 16, epandrium (posterior view); 17, glans of phallus; 18, aculeus tip; 19, spicules on distal end of eversible membrane; 20, spermatheca