Ceratitella sobrina (Zia)

David, K. J., Sachin, K. & Hancock, D. L., 2020, A new species of Acrotaeniostola Hendel and new records of Gastrozonini and Ceratitidini (Diptera: Tephritidae) from India, Zootaxa 4731 (3), pp. 425-432 : 428-430

Ceratitella sobrina (Zia)

( Figures 18–22 )

Ceratitis sobrina Zia, 1937: 177 .

Paratrirhithrum amamioshimaensis Shiraki, 1968: 54 .

Ceratitella sobrina (Zia) - Hancock and Drew, 1994: 873.

Material examined: 1♂, INDIA, Himachal Pradesh, Shimla, IARI Regional Station, Totu , 18.viii.2019. Coll. Da- vid K. J. on Vitis vinifera .

Diagnosis: Characterized by face largely whitish yellow with a broad black basal band; scutellum black; scutum with dense grey-pollinose area not interrupted behind suture and reaching anterior margin between postpronotal lobes; yellow postpronotal lobe and broad anepisternal stripe reaching postpronotal lobe dorsally; wing with broad broad costal band from cell sc to wing apex, transverse band from stigma evanescing before hind margin and united with transverse discal band at R-M crossvein and a tooth-like subapical band largely fused with costal band; abdomen black with dense, transverse bands of silvery-grey pubescence on tergites II and IV.

Originally described from Sichuan, China ( Zia, 1937) and redescribed from Ryukyu Islands, Japan by Shiraki (1968). C. sobrina is newly recorded from northern India. The host plant is not recorded, but related species, including C. tomentosa (= C. asiatica (Hardy)) from Pakistan and Indonesia, breed in the berries of mistletoe ( Loranthaceae ) ( Hardy, 1967; Permkam and Hancock, 1985).

Figures

FIGURES 18–22. Ceratitella sobrina (Zia). 18, head; 19, thorax (lateral view) and legs; 20, abdomen; 21, scutum; 22, wing.