Dacus (Lophodacus) rufoscutellatus (Hering)

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 : 36

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.274925
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6218361
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scientific name	Dacus (Lophodacus) rufoscutellatus (Hering)
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Psilodacus rufoscutellatus Hering, 1937: 259 Other View in CoL synonyms: White (2006: 121)

Material. UGANDA: 1 male, 2 females, S.W., Kabale-Ketuna Rd., 1900m., 23.xii.1995, I. Yarom & A. Freidberg ( TAU).

Remarks. The male and one female from this series have what appears to be a medial vitta, in the form of an orange stripe which broadens posteriorly, and reaches the scutello-scutal suture. This mark is not the same bright colour as the xanthine areas of this species and is therefore probably not a true vitta. Furthermore, both specimens are teneral and this marking may have disappeared had the specimen been allowed to develop fully. None the less this mark could be misinterpreted as a vitta and the revised key (revised couplet 114) reflects this possibility.