Bactrocera (Bactrocera) contigua Drew, 1989

Drew, R. A. I., Ma, Jing, Smith, S. & Hughes, J. M., 2011, The Taxonomy And Phylogenetic Relationships Of Species In The Bactrocera Musae Complex Of Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacinae) In Papua New Guinea, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 59 (2), pp. 145-162 : 151

Bactrocera (Bactrocera) contigua Drew

Bactrocera (Bactrocera) contigua: Drew, 1989: 40–41 .

Diagnosis. – A medium sized species (wing length 7.0 mm); face with a pair of small to medium sized spots; scutum black; postpronotal lobe and notopleuron yellow; each lateral postsutural vitta of medium width and narrowing slightly to end at ia. seta; mesopleural stripe reaching midway between anterior margin of notopleuron and postpronotal lobe dorsally; wings with cells bc and c very pale fulvous, microtrichia in outer corner of cell c only, fuscous costal band almost confluent with R 4+5 and of uniform colouration, broad fuscous cubital streak; legs fulvous except fore and mid tibiae pale fuscous and hind tibiae fuscous; abdominal terga III–V orange-brown except anterolateral corners of tergum III fuscous and a narrow broken medial longitudinal line over all three terga, shining spots orange-brown.

Attractant. – No known record.

Hosts. – No known record.

Distribution. – Type locality: Papua New Guinea (Bulolo, Morobe Province).