Dacus (Mellesis) vijaysegarani Drew & Hancock, 1998

David, Karamankodu Jacob, Abhishek, Venkateshaiah, Kennedy, Ningthoujam, Ajaykumara, K. M., Gracy, R. G. & Hissay, Cheday Bhutia, 2024, Four new species of Zeugodacus Hendel (Diptera, Tephritidae, Dacinae, Dacini) and new records of dacines from India, ZooKeys 1188, pp. 1-26 : 1

Dacus (Mellesis) vijaysegarani Drew & Hancock, 1998

Figs 115-119

Dacus (Callantra) vijaysegarani : Drew et al. 1998: 636.

Dacus (Mellesis) vijaysegarani : Drew and Romig 2013: 399.

Dacus vijaysegarani : Doorenweerd et al. 2018: 43.

Material examined.

1 ♂, India, Meghalaya, Umiam , 29.v.2023, Kennedy N. (NIM) .

Diagnosis.

This species has been adequately described by Drew et al. (1998) and Drew and Romig (2013) except for postabdominal structures. A male of the fly collected from Meghalaya was dissected to study the postabdominal structures. Epandrium deeply sclerotised, black, lateral surstylus with posterior lobe slightly longer (2-3 ×) than anterior lobe; epandrium bulbous (in posterior view), glans of phallus elongate (0.7 mm) with patterned aculeus.

Figures

Figures 115 - 119. Dacus (Mellesis) vijaysegarani Drew & Hancock 115 habitus (dorsal) 116 habitus (lateral) 117 epandrium (lateral view) 118 epandrium (posterior view) 119 glans of phallus.