Acroceratitis Hendel

David, K. J., Hancock, D. L. & Ramani, S., 2014, Two new species of Acroceratitis Hendel (Diptera: Tephritidae) and an updated key for the species from India, Zootaxa 3895 (3), pp. 411-418 : 411-412

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3895.3.5

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:895AA389-60E4-4685-B5FB-A2E0ECEA6B4A

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6143543

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D67A28-FFAF-DE3A-FF30-F83143E1F498

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Plazi

scientific name

Acroceratitis Hendel
status

 

Genus Acroceratitis Hendel View in CoL View at ENA

Acroceratitis Hendel, 1913: 82 View in CoL . Type species Acroceratitis plumosa Hendel View in CoL , by original designation.

Stictaspis Bezzi, 1913: 102 . Type species Stictaspis ceratitina Bezzi View in CoL , by original designation. (Syn. Hardy, 1973: 217).

Chelyophora View in CoL other authors, not Rondani, 1875.

Acroceratis, Shinji, 1940: 163 , Lapsus calami.

Diagnosis. Fruit flies of this genus are characterised by the presence of dorsoapically pointed first flagellomere with long plumose arista, head higher than long, wing pattern banded, sometimes diffuse apically; bands yellow to brown with yellow or orange-yellow patches; transverse band from cell sc enclosing r-m crossvein. Midtibia with 1 apical spine. Male with abdominal tergum II enlarged, expanded over sides of tergum III. Female with 2 spermathecae, comprised of tightly set coils ( Hancock and Drew, 1999)

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Tephritidae

Loc

Acroceratitis Hendel

David, K. J., Hancock, D. L. & Ramani, S. 2014
2014
Loc

Acroceratitis

Hendel 1913: 82
1913
Loc

Stictaspis

Hardy 1973: 217
Bezzi 1913: 102
1913
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