Bactrocera (Bactrocera) contermina 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 : 150-151

Bactrocera (Bactrocera) contermina Drew

Bactrocera (Bactrocera) contermina: Drew, 1989: 39–40 .

Diagnosis. – A medium sized species (wing length 5.5 mm); face with a pair of small circular black spots; scutum black; postpronotal lobe and notopleuron yellow; each lateral postsutural vitta of medium width and narrowing slightly posteriorly 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 1 / 3 of cell c only, fuscous costal band almost confluent with R 4+5 but paler between R 2+3 and R 4+5, broad fuscous cubital streak; legs fulvous except fore tibiae pale fuscous and hind tibiae fuscous; abdominal terga mostly orange-brown, shining spots orange-brown.

Attractant. – Methyl eugenol (new record).

Hosts. – Pangium edule (family Flacourtiaceae ) (new record).

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

New record: Papua New Guinea (Madang Province).