Bactrocera (Bactrocera) brevistriata (Drew)

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

Bactrocera (Bactrocera) brevistriata (Drew)

Strumeta brevistriata: Drew, 1968: 77–78 .

Dacus (Strumeta) brevistriatus: Drew, 1972: 21 .

Bactrocera (Bactrocera) brevistriata: Drew, 1989: 37 .

Diagnosis. – A medium sized species (wing length 6.3 mm); face with spots either absent or very pale and small; scutum black; postpronotal lobe and notopleuron yellow; each lateral postsutural vitta of medium width and narrowing to end before ia. seta; mesopleural stripe of medium width ending midway between anterior margin of notopleuron and postpronotal lobe dorsally; wings with cells bc and c colourless, microtrichia in outer corner of cell c only, costal band fuscous and confluent with R 2+3, cubital streak broad and fuscous; legs with all segments fulvous; abdominal terga mostly orange-brown except for a narrow medial longitudinal fuscous band on tergum V, shining spots orange-brown.

Attractant. – Cue lure.

Hosts. – No known record.

Distribution. – Type locality: Papua New Guinea (Bulolo – Wau).

Previously recorded: Papua New Guinea (Morobe Province).