Manicomyia Hancock, 1986

Freidberg, Amnon & Han, Ho-Yeon, 2012, A second species of Manicomyia Hancock (Diptera: Tephritidae: Tephrellini), African Invertebrates 53 (1), pp. 143-143 : 149-150

Key to species of Manicomyia Hancock

1 Males ......................................................................................................................2

– Females ..................................................................................................................3

2 Wing ( Fig. 9 ) more extensively black or blackish, dark pattern more-or-less uniformly black, Platensina - type, not banded, without yellow areas........................... .................................................................................................. stuckenbergi sp. n.

– Wing ( Fig. 7 ) less extensively black or blackish, black area in form of longitudinal band on posterior half of wing, two yellow areas at anterior half of wing .............. ................................................................................................ chirindana (Munro)

3 Wing with large hyaline area from central section of cell r 1, just beyond pterostigma, extending to crossvein r–m and to, or almost to, crossvein dm–cu (at least half distance across cell r 4+5) ( Fig. 8 ); tergal-oviscapal measure about 3.... chirindana (Munro)

– Wing with hyaline area not extending posteriorly beyond vein R 4+5 to these crossveins ( Fig. 10 ); tergal-oviscapal measure about 2 ........... stuckenbergi sp. n.

Figures

Figs 7–10. Manicomyia spp., wing: (7, 8) M. chirindana, male (7) and female (8); (9, 10) M. stuckenbergi sp. n., male (9) and female (10). Not to scale.