Tephritis, Latreille, 1804

Singh, Maneesh Pal, Daroch, Rakesh, Korneyev, Severyn V. & Sharma, Isha, 2023, A new species of genus Tephritis Latreille and a new distribution record of genus Urophora Robineau-Desvoidy, from India, Zootaxa 5375 (3), pp. 336-348 : 337

Keys to species of genus Tephritis in Indian subcontinent

1. Posterior notopleural seta black or brown.................................................................. 2

- Posterior notopleural seta stubby white.................................................................... 3

2. Posterior notopleural seta light brown (almost stubby); lobe of lateral surstylus pointed and black at apex and aculeus tip sharp without incision (Swat, NW Pakistan, reared from Carduus nutans [= edelbergii])................... T. cardualis Hardy

- Posterior notopleural seta black or dark brown (almost black); lobe of lateral surstylus blunt or rounded at apex and aculeus needle-like, the tip with a notch or incision (Narkanda, Himachal Pradesh, India; reared from Cirsium falconeri )................................................................................................ T. himalayae sp.n.

3. Wing pattern reticulate and developed all over the wing....................................................... 4

- Wing pattern reticulation present on only part of the wing, with cells c, bc, bcu, bm and anal lobe hyaline without any spots; aculeus tip papillate or nipple like (Jammu and Kashmir, India)................................... T. maccus Hering

4. Pterostigma brown or dark without a hyaline spot............................................................ 5

- Pterostigma witha circular hyaline spot (Jammu and Kashmir and West Bengal, India).... T. atocoptera Agarwal & Kapoor

5. Wing with an apical black fork between veins R 4+5 and M (Punjab, India)................. T. umbrosa Dirlbek & Dirlbek

- Wing with an apical black spot between veins R 4+5 and M (Jammu and Kashmir, India)................ T. admissa Hering