Zeugodacus (Zeugodacus) zahadi (Mahmood)

Bactrocera (Zeugodacus) zahadi Mahmood, 1999: 232

Zeugodacus (Zeugodacus) zahadi Mahmood (in Doorenweerd et al. 2018: 49) .

Material examined: 1♂, INDIA, Karnataka, Vittal, CPCRI, 18.ii.2015, Prabhu, G., 2♂♂, INDIA, Karnataka, Mudigere, September 2015, Sunil Joshi, Agartala, 10.iii.2016, Sunil Joshi , 1♂, INDIA, Tamil Nadu, Ooty, Wellington, 18.ii.2016, Prabhu, G ., 1♂, INDIA, Karnataka, Bangalore, Attur farm, 09.vii.2013, David, K. J .; 1♀, INDIA, Karnataka, Madikeri, CHES, Chettalli, 05-09.xi.2012., David, K.J. (NBAIR) .

Diagnosis: Male with epandrium and surstyli distinctly bulb-shaped (posterior view) (Fig. 6P). Lateral surstylus longer than epandrium; posterior lobe of surstylus pointed, 9̄10 times longer than anterior lobe (Fig. 4L). Proctiger membranous, triangular and smaller than epandrium. Medial surstylus longer than lateral surstylus tapering towards apex with a pair of thick prensisetae. Phallus 2.7 mm long excluding glans (0.48 mm); 0.75 of glans sclerotised with patterned praeputium (conical projections on basal half), subapical lobe and basal lobe present (Fig. 10J). Female with dorsoventrally flattened brown oviscape (1.5 mm); eversible membrane (2.2 mm) with spicules on distal end having 5-6 stout, pointed projections (Fig. 12G); aculeus (1.7 mm) tip pointed with 4 pairs of preapical setae (Fig. 14G), apical ones 10-12 times longer than basal ones, two black, tightly coiled mulberry shaped spemathecae (Fig 15W).