Soita Walker

Chen, Xiao-Lin, Norrbom, Allen, Freidberg, Amnon, Chesters, Douglas, Islam, Md Sajedul & Zhu, Chao-Dong, 2015, A systematic study of Ichneumonosoma de Meijere, Pelmatops Enderlein Pseudopelmatops Shiraki and Soita Walker (Diptera: Tephritidae), Zootaxa 4013 (3), pp. 301-347 : 329

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4013.3.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:4216034C-3119-4FF8-B8DF-A90AA82AFF72

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5308962

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AD1887EC-FFD3-FFAC-30AC-82EAFA41FA89

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Soita Walker
status

 

Key to known species of Soita Walker View in CoL View at ENA

1. Scutellum with 2 pairs of setae ( Figs. 120 View FIGURES 114 – 121 , 124 View FIGURES 122 – 126 ); anepisternum and katepisternum anteroventrally with longitudinal row of short black spines along margin.......................................................................... 2

- Scutellum with 1 pair of setae ( Figs. 131 View FIGURES 127 – 134 , 140 View FIGURES 135 – 142 , 145 View FIGURES 143 – 150 ); anepisternum without short black spines along anteroventral margin... 3

2. Scutum uniformly yellow to yellow-brown; wing with cell Sc brown, lacking slight infuscation at apices of vein Cu l and Dm- Cu ( Fig. 123 View FIGURES 122 – 126 ) (Luzon, Philippines)........................................................... S. ensifera Hardy View in CoL

- Scutum yellow-brown with 2 pairs of narrow, pale yellow stripes; wing hyaline but slightly tinged with brown, cell Sc with apical half brown, and a distinct brown mark covering apex of vein Cu l and Dm-Cu ( Fig. 119 View FIGURES 114 – 121 ) ( Indonesia, China and Japan)..................................................................................... S. cylindrica (Hendel)

3. Katepisternum anteroventrally with 3 marginal longitudinal rows of short brown spines; all body setae yellow to brown except for 1 pair strong orbital seta dark brown ( Equatorial Guinea, Uganda)................. S. ophioneum (Enderlein) View in CoL n. comb

- Katepisternum lacking spines; body setae not as above........................................................ 4

4. Head with 1 distinct long-oval black spot at base of orbital seta on each side and 1 irregular black spot on median occipital sclerite (Fig. 110); abdomen yellow to yellow-brown, but with black posterior bands on syntergite 1+2 and tergites 3–5 (Bohol, Philippines)........................................................................... S. baltazarae Hardy View in CoL

- Head without brown orbital and occipital marks; abdomen lacking black posterior bands on syntergite 1+2 and tergites 3–5...................................................................................................... 5

5. Wing with apices of radial cells infuscated ( Fig. 128 View FIGURES 127 – 134 ); abdominal tergites 3 and 4 with pair of outstanding submedial posterior setae; head yellow, with distinct narrow medial brown stripe on frons ( New Caledonia)....................................................................................................... S. infuscata Chen & Norrbom , n. sp.

- Wing with apices of radial cells not infuscated ( Fig. 144 View FIGURES 143 – 150 ); abdominal tergites 3 and 4 lacking pair of outstanding submedial posterior seta; head yellow to brown, without dark marks except ocellar tubercle or with vague medial brown stripe on frons ( Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Australia)................................................... S. psiloides Walker View in CoL

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Tephritidae

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