Bactrocera (Bactrocera) prolixa 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 : 153

Bactrocera (Bactrocera) prolixa Drew

Bactrocera (Bactrocera) prolixa: Drew, 1989: 93–94 .

Diagnosis. – A medium sized species (wing length 6.8 mm); face with a pair of medium sized pear shaped spots; scutum black; postpronotal lobe and notopleuron yellow; each lateral postsutural vitta of medium width and narrowing slightly posteriorly to end before ia. seta; mesopleural stripe reaching midway between anterior margin of notopleuron and postpronotal lobe dorsally; wings with cells bc and c colourless, microtrichia in outer 1 / 3 of cell c only, fuscous costal band almost confluent with R 4+5 but of paler diffuse colouration between R 2+3 and R, broad fuscous cubital streak; legs with all segments fulvous; abdomen elongate oval and with terga II–V orange-brown except for pale fuscous margins laterally on tergum V and a narrow medial longitudinal pale fuscous band on anterior 2 / 3 of this tergum, shining spots orange-brown.

4+5

Attractant. – Methyl eugenol.

Hosts. – No known record.

Distribution. – Type locality: Papua New Guinea (Nomad, Western District).