Adrama austeni Hendel

Nomenclature

Adrama austeni Hendel, 1912: 12

Taxonomic position

Diptera: Brachycera: Tephritoidea: Tephritidae: Trypetinae: Adramini

Diagnosis
  • Slender, elongate fly (10-12 mm)
  • Scutum black with lateral and medial postsutural vitta
  • Abdomen elongate, reddish brown without any markings
  • Femora fulvous with stout ventral spines
  • Wing hyaline with apex black; radial medial band prominent
Host plants

Not known

Distribution

Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu

Selected References

Hendel, F. G. (1912) Neue Muscidae Acalypteratae. Wien. Entomol. Ztg, 31, 1-20.

David, K.J. & Ramani, S. (2011) An illustrated key to fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) from Peninsular India and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Zootaxa, 3021, 1–31.

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Habitus (lateral) male
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