Euphranta klugii (Wiedemann)

David, K. J., Hancock, D. L., Sachin, K. & Mahendiran, G., 2021, A new species, new postabdominal descriptions and a new synonymy in Euphranta Loew (Diptera: Tephritidae: Trypetinae: Adramini), Zootaxa 5057 (1), pp. 87-98 : 95

Euphranta klugii (Wiedemann)

( Figures 34–38 )

Dacus klugii Wiedemann, 1824: 56 . Type locality: “ India orientali” [east India].

Material examined: 2♂, INDIA: Karnataka, Kundapur , 09. viii.2002. (collector name not mentioned, host: Avicennia officinalis ) ( NIM) .

Diagnosis: This species was described by Wiedemann (1824) based on a female collected from India and its generic placement resolved by David et al. (2013), who illustrated the holotype. The wing pattern ( Fig. 35 ) is characteristic.

Postabdomen. Male. Epandrium dome-shaped, shorter than lateral surstylus, proctiger shorter than epandrium; medial surstylus shorter than lateral surstylus with well-developed prensisetae ( Figs 36, 37 ). Phallus elongate (2.80 mm); glans of phallus with well sclerotized acrophallus and hammer-shaped subapical lobe ( Fig. 38 ).

Females were not available in this study.

Figures

FIGURES 34–38. Euphranta klugii (Wiedemann). 34, habitus (dorsal); 35, habitus (lateral); 36, epandrium (lateral view); 37, epandrium (posterior view); 38, glans of phallus.