Dacus (Lophodacus) blepharogaster Bezzi

White, Ian M. & Goodger, Kim F. M., 2009, African Dacus (Diptera: Tephritidae); New Species and Data, with Particular Reference to the Tel Aviv University Collection, Zootaxa 2127, pp. 1-49 : 28

Dacus (Lophodacus) blepharogaster Bezzi

Dacus blepharogaster Bezzi, 1917: 68 Didacus zavattarianus Hering, 1952: 93 Other combinations: White (2006: 118)

Material. KENYA: 1 female, Nyanza, Gembe Hills, 1362m., 0o 29.36S, 34 o 14.60E, 27.iv. – 11.v.2006, malaise trap, R.S. Copeland ( BMNH).

Remarks. This is both new to Kenya and the first known female. The wing has a complete costal band, similar to the holotype of D. blepharogaster . Unlike both holotype males, the mid- and hindfemora are distinctly bicoloured, being almost black in the apical third. The abdomen differs in having a distinct black midline on terga IV and V; tergite IV is largely black with indistict red-brown areas posteriorly either side of the midline; tergite V is distinctly red-brown either side of the midline, implying a similarity to the description of the lost abdomen of the holotype of D. zavattarianus . The aculeus is well exposed; it lacks any torsion and is shaped like D. brevis Coquillett, 1901 .