Dimeringophrys parilis (Hardy)

David, K. J., Hancock, D. L., Freidberg, A. & Goodger, K. F. M., 2013, New species and records of Euphranta Loew and other Adramini (Diptera: Tephritidae: Trypetinae) from south and southeast Asia, Zootaxa 3635 (4), pp. 439-458 : 456

Dimeringophrys parilis (Hardy) , stat. rev.

( Fig. 61 )

Material examined: 1 3, INDIA: Tamil Nadu, Thandikudi, 1311 m , 10º18'N, 27º38'E, 12.xi.2010. Light trap. A. N. Reddy; 1 3, Galibeedu, 25.iv. (handwritten label) (UASB).

Comments: Two specimens from southern India show that the name parilis was incorrectly synonymised with Dimeringophrys pallidipennis Hardy by Hancock and Drew (1994), although the generic name Tetrameringophrys Hardy remains a valid synonym of Dimeringophrys Hardy , since the setal characters used to differentiate them are intraspecifically variable (Hancock and Drew, 1994). The wing pattern (presence of infuscation along crossvein DM-Cu) shown by the above specimens demonstrates that the differences between the two species are constant and not the result of staining; accordingly the species is reinstated here. Described from Laos, it is recorded for the first time from India.

Figures

FIGURES 60 – 64. 60. Dimeringophrys pallidipennis Hardy; 61. Dimeringophrys parilis (Hardy); 62. Coelotrypes latilimbatus (Enderlein); 63. C. luteifasciatus (Senior-White) — male; 64. C. luteifasciatus (Senior-White) — female.