Dictyotrypeta crenulata (Wulp) Norrbom & Sutton & Steck & Monzón, 2010

Norrbom, Allen L., Sutton, Bruce D., Steck, Gary J. & Monzón, José, 2010, New genera, species and host plant records of Nearctic and Neotropical Tephritidae (Diptera) 2398, Zootaxa 2398, pp. 1-65 : 18

Dictyotrypeta crenulata (Wulp) , new combination

Fig. 34

Euaresta crenulata Wulp 1900: 423 .

Tetreuaresta crenulata: Foote 1965: 246 .

Foote (1965) placed this species in Tetreuaresta , which it resembles in having a radiate wing pattern ( Fig. 34), but the following characters that are otherwise not present in that genus indicate that D. crenulata doubtfully belongs there: parafacial with brown spot at level of base of antenna; frons setulose medially; cell r 4+5 with strong bulla anterodistal to crossvein dm-cu; and length of posteroapical lobe of cell bcu less than one-third width of cell. The eye color, which usually fades after death, includes a single narrow horizontal stripe aligned with the parafacial spot in Dictyotrypeta but is unknown for D. crenulata , but this species is tentatively transferred to Dictyotrypeta on the basis of the above characters. The wing pattern in most Dictyotrypeta species is more reticulate ( Fig. 36), although the marginal hyaline spots are often largest, and several species have radiate patterns.

Material examined. MEXICO: Guerrero: Chilpancingo, 4600 ft. Jun , H. H. Smith, ♂ lectotype ( BMNH) . Morelos: Cuernavaca, Jun , H. H. Smith, 3♂ paralectotypes ( BMNH) , 1♂ paralectotype ( MCZ) . Sinaloa: 38 mi NE Concordia, near Loberas , 3 Jul 1982, 1♂ ( SDNHM USNMENT00104458 ) 1♂ ( USNM USNMENT00104457 ) ; El Palmito , 15 km W of, 1800 m, 14 Jun 1986, M. Sorensson & B. Martensson, 1♀ ( ZIL USNMENT00104465 ) . Veracruz: Maltrata, Crawford , 1♂ ( USNM USNMENT00214439 ) .