Euphranta figurata (Walker)

David, K. J., Hancock, D. L., Sachin, K. & Mahendiran, G., 2021, A new species, new postabdominal descriptions and a new synonymy in Euphranta Loew (Diptera: Tephritidae: Trypetinae: Adramini), Zootaxa 5057 (1), pp. 87-98 : 88

Euphranta figurata (Walker)

Dacus figuratus Walker 1856 .

Ichneumonomacula wangyongi Chen, 2020, syn. n.

Ichneumonomacula wangyongi was described from a single female from Sabah, East Malaysia, in a Supplementary file (S1) to a paper on Adramini phylogeny by Chen et al. (2020). It is morphologically compatible with the holotype female of Euphranta figurata , described from Sarawak by Walker (1856) and a second female recorded and redescribed from Brunei by Chua and Hancock (1999). The three known specimens show some slight variation in wing pattern but this is common in Euphranta species. The illustration in Chua and Hancock (1999) is not fully accurate and the description gives a better indication of the specimen’s morphology. Ichneumonomacula wangyongi Chen, 2020 is therefore placed here as a new synonym of Euphranta figurata ( Walker, 1856) . The latter species was referred to the chrysopila group by Hancock and Drew (2004) and is now known from Sarawak, Brunei and Sabah in northern Borneo. As Ichneumonomacula Chen becomes a new synonym of Euphranta Loew , the generic limits and phylogenetic relationships between Euphranta sens . lat. and related genera suggested by Chen et al. (2020) require further investigation.