Pseudopelmatops indiaensis Chen, 2010

Chen, Xiao-Lin, Norrbom, Allen, Freidberg, Amnon, Chesters, Douglas, Islam, Md Sajedul & Zhu, Chao-Dong, 2015, A systematic study of Ichneumonosoma de Meijere, Pelmatops Enderlein Pseudopelmatops Shiraki and Soita Walker (Diptera: Tephritidae), Zootaxa 4013 (3), pp. 301-347 : 327

Pseudopelmatops indiaensis Chen, 2010

( Figs. 96 , 105 )

Pseudopelmatops indiaensis Chen in Chen et al., 2010:3 . Type-locality: Ranikhet, India. (H ♀ BPBM).

Description (supplement to the species description of Chen et al., 2010). Compound eye somewhat rough and rounded, without projection; ommatidia same size ( Fig. 96 ). Occipital protuberance in male shaped like inverted trapezoid, and somewhat bifid with distinct border from occiput; setae on posterior margin medium-sized and sparse ( Fig. 105 ).

Male. Similar to that of P. continentalis but with a very faint crossband over cell dm (D.L. Hancock, pers. comm.).

Distribution. India (Ranikhet).

Specimens examined. INDIA: Ranikhet, 22 June 1949, I. M. Newell, 1 HT ♀ (BPBM); Bhowali, nr Naini Tal, 5000ft, 20 September 1934, J.A. Graham, 1 ♂ (BMNH, checked by D.L. Hancock, pers. comm.).

Figures

FIGURES 89 – 97. Compound eye of Pelmatops and Pseudopelmatops. 89. Pe. fukienensis female; 90. Pe. ichneumoneus female; 91. Pe. ichneumoneus male; 92. Pe. tangliangi male; 93. Ps. angustifasciatus female; 94. Ps. angustifasciatus female; 95. Ps. continentalis male; 96. Ps. indiaensis female; 97. Ps. angustifasciatus male.

FIGURES 98 – 105. Occiput protuberance of Pelmatops and Pseudopelmatops. 98. Pe. fukienensis female; 99. Pe. tangliangi male; 100. Pe. ichneumoneus female; 101. Pe. ichneumoneus male; 102. Ps. angustifasciatus female; 103. Ps. angustifasciatus male; 104. Ps. continentalis male; 105. Ps. indiaensis female.