Bactrocera (Bactrocera) ranganathi Drew & Romig

David, K. J. & Ramani, S., 2019, New species, redescriptions and phylogenetic revision of tribe Dacini (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacinae) from India based on morphological characters, Zootaxa 4551 (2), pp. 101-146 : 121

Bactrocera (Bactrocera) ranganathi Drew & Romig

Bactrocera (Bactrocera) ranganathi Drew & Romig, 2013: 168 .

Material examined: 2♂♂, INDIA, Andaman Islands , South Nicobar, Campbell Bay, 16. vi. 1997, H. R. Ranganath. ( UASB) .

Diagnosis: Male with epandrium and surstyli oval shaped (posterior view) ( Fig. 5O ). Lateral surstylus shorter epandrium; posterior lobe of surstylus pointed, as long as anterior lobe, forked (lateral view) ( Fig. 3O ). Proctiger quadrate and smaller than epandrium. Medial surstylus longer than lateral surstylus tapering towards apex with a pair of thick prensisetae. Phallus 1.7 mm long excluding glans (0. 41 mm); 0.75 of glans sclerotised with unpatterned praeputium; subapical lobe and basal lobe present ( Fig. 9C ).

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FIGURE 3. Epandrium, surstyli and proctiger of Dacini. (A) B. (B.) affinis; (B) B. (B.) apiconigroscutella; (C) B. (B.) blairiae; (D) B. (B.) carambolae; (E) B. (B.) caryeae; (F) B. (B.) correcta; (G) B. (B.) dorsalis; (H) B. (B.) digressa; (I) B. (B.) fastigata; (J) B. (B.) latifrons; (K) B. (B.) limbifera; (L) B. (B.) melastomatos; (M) B. (B.) nigrofemoralis; (N) B. (B.) paraosbeckiae; (O) B. (B.) ranganathi; (P) B. (B.) verbascifoliae; (Q) B. (B.) versicolor; (R) B. (B.) vishnu; (S) B. (B.) zonata; (T) Zeugodacus (H.) diversus; (U) Z. (J.) scutellarius; (V) Z. (J.) trilineatus; (W) Z. (Pd.) duplicatus; (X) Z. (Ps.) binoyi.

FIGURE 5. Epandrium and surstyli (posterior view) of Bactrocera Macquart. (A) B. (B.) affinis;(B) B. (B.) apiconigroscutella; (C) B. (B.) blairiae; (D) B. (B.) carambolae; (E) B. (B.) caryeae; (F) B. (B.) correcta; (G) B. (B.) dorsalis; (H) B. (B.) digressa; (I) B. (B.) fastigata; (J) B. (B.) latifrons; (K) B. (B.) limbifera; (L) B. (B.) melastomatos; (M) B. (B.) nigrofemoralis; (N) B. (B.) paraosbeckiae; (O) B. (B.) ranganathi; (P) B. (B.) verbascifoliae; (Q) B. (B.) versicolor; (R) B. (B.) vishnu; (S) B. (B.) zonata; (T) Z. (H.) diversus.

FIGURE 9. Glans of phallus of Bactrocera. (A) B. (B.) nigrofemoralis; (B) B. (B.) paraosbeckiae; (C) B. (B.) ranganathi; (D), B. (B.) verbascifoliae; (E) B. (B.) versicolor; (F) B. (B.) vishnu; (G) B. (B.) zonata; (H) Z. (H.) diversus; (I) Z. (J.) scutellarius; (J) Z. (J.) trilineatus; (K) Z. (Pd.) duplicatus; (L) Z. (Ps.) binoyi; (M) Z. (Ps.) incisus; (N) B. (Pz.) bipustulata.