Bactrocera (Bactrocera) wuzhishana, Lin & Yang, 2006

Abhishek, Venkateshaiah, David, Karamankodu Jacob & Pradeep, Shivanand, 2024, Two new species and a new record of Bactrocera Macquart (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacinae: Dacini) from India with an updated key to species of subgenus Bactrocera, Zootaxa 5486 (2), pp. 283-300 : 295-297

B. (Bactrocera) wuzhishana Lin & Yang

( Figures 33–40 )

B. (B.) wuzhishana Lin & Yang , in Lin et al., 2006: 312. Holotype male in HEIQ.

Material examined. 2♂♂, India, Assam, Ri Bhoi, Bhoirymbong , 14.iii.2023, attracted to Methyl eugenol, Kennedy, N. (NIM) .

Diagnosis. This species has been adequately described by Drew & Romig (2013) except for some additional genitalia characters. A medium sized species (4.7 mm); ( Fig. 33 ) face dark fuscous with elongate large oval spots; ( Fig. 34 ) scutum black without pale markings; notopleura and postpronotal lobes yellow; very short and narrow lateral postsutural yellow vittae present; medial postsutural yellow vitta absent; mesopleural (anepisternal) stripe reaching midway between anterior margin of notopleuron and anterior notopleural seta dorsally; ( Fig. 34 ) Scutellum yellow with a narrow black basal band; ( Fig. 37 ) wing cells bc and c colourless, microtrichia in outer corner of cell c only; narrow dark fuscous costal band confluent with R 2+3 and widening at the apex; narrow dark fuscous anal streak; ( Fig. 36 ) abdominal terga III–V almost entirely black except for a narrow transverse orange-brown band across posterior margin of tergum V which extends anteriorly along a narrow medial longitudinal black band on this tergum.

Male genitalia ( Figs 38, 39, 40 ): Epandrium and surstyli inverted U-shaped in outline (posterior view), strongly sclerotised, quadrate (0.27 mm high, 0.28 mm wide), lateral surstylus (0.17 mm long, 0.05 mm broad), posterior lobe (0.09 mm) of lateral surstylus, pointed, longer than anterior lobe (0.05 mm); proctiger membraneous (0.08 mm), smaller than epandrium, medial surstylus shorter than lateral surstylus tapering towards apex with a pair of thick prensisetae; Phallus elongate (1.9 mm) with well-developed ( Fig. 40 ) glans (0.42 mm); 0.75 of glans sclerotised with unpatterned praeputium; subapical lobe and basal lobe present.

Attractant: Methyl eugenol.

Female: No known record.

Type locality: China (Hainan I., Mt Wuzhishan ).

Host plants: No known record.

Figures

FIGURES 33–40. Bactrocera (Bactrocera) wuzhishana Lin and Yang. 33, head; 34, scutum (dorsal view); 35, thorax (lateral view); 36, abdomen; 37, wing; 38, epandrium and surstyli (lateral view); 39, epandrium and surstyli (posterior view); 40, glans of phallus.