Dacus (Leptoxyda) persicus Hendel

Dacus (Leptoxyda) persicus Hendel, 1927a: 29 .

Dacus ferrugineus -Becker, 1913:641[Misidentification]

Leptoxyda sp. nr. longistyla Bezzi, 1913: 92.

Dacus longistylus Wiedemann, 1830 (Asian records) [misidentifcations by various authors]

Dacus (Leptoxyda) persicus Hendel (in Drew & Romig, 2013: 375) .

Material examined: INDIA: 1♀, Karnataka, Mysore, 9.v. 2007, Rajeswari, E. K., 1♂ , INDIA, Karnataka, Bangalore, Hebbal, 28.vii. 2014, Prabhu, G., 1♀ , INDIA, Karnataka, Bangalore, Hebbal, 13.x.2014, Prabhu, G., 1♀ , INDIA, Karnataka, Bangalore, Attur, 19.vii.2014, Verghese, A., 1♀ , INDIA, Karnataka, Bangalore, Hebbal, 30.vii.2014, Prabhu, G., 1♀ , INDIA, Karnataka, Bangalore, Hebbal, 18.vi.2014, Prabhu, G., 1♀ , INDIA, Karnataka, Bangalore, Hebbal, 13.v.2014, Prabhu, G ., INDIA, Karnataka, Bangalore, Hebbal, 0 2. viii.2012, David, K. J. (NBAIR) .

Diagnosis: Male with epandrium and surstyli distinctly bulb-shaped (posterior view) (Fig. 7D). Lateral surstylus 3̄4 times longer than anterior lobe, apex of posterior lobe of surstylus hook shaped, curved in (Fig. 4P). Proctiger quadrate, almost as high as epandrium. Medial surstylus flattened, longer than lateral surstylus with a pair of short prensisetae (Fig. 7D). Phallus 4.8̄5.0 mm long excluding glans (0.30̄ 0.32 mm); 0.75 of glans sclerotised with elongate patterned praeputium, well developed vesica and basal lobe present (Fig. 10N). Female with bottle shaped oviscape (bulbous base with a narrow neck) 2.3 ̄ 2.7 mm long; eversible membrane (5 mm) with elongate spicules on distal end having 18̄20 sharp projections (medial ones higher than lateral ones) (Fig. 12K). Aculeus 3.6 to 3.8 mm long with three pairs of preapical setae and rounded apex (Fig. 14K). Two brown, mulberry shaped, spermathecae, (Fig. 15O).