Euphranta crux (Fabricius)
Nomenclature
Musca crux Fabricius, 1794: 358
Dacus crux: Fabricius, 1805: 277
Trypeta crux: Wiedemann, 1830: 488
Staurella crux: Bezzi, 1913: 122
Euphranta (Staurella) crux: Hardy, 1955b: 82
Euphranta ( Rhacochlaena) crux: Kapoor, 1993: 91
Staurella dissoluta Bezzi, 1913: 123
Euphranta (Staurella) dissoluta: Hardy, 1955b: 81
Euphranta ( Rhacochlaena) dissoluta: Kapoor, 1993: 91
Euphranta dissoluta Bezzi: David et al. 2013. 454
Taxonomic position
Diptera: Brachycera: Tephritoidea: Tephritidae: Trypetinae: Adramini
Diagnosis
- Scutum grey brown with narrow lateral vittae and a broad prescutellar patch
- Face with a median black marking
- Wing with inverted V-shaped band and cross bands
- All femora with black markings
Host plants
Not known
Distribution
Bihar, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Uttarakhand, West Bengal
Selected References
Bezzi, M. (1913) Indian trypaneids (fruit-flies) in the collection of the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Memoirs of Indian Museum, 3, 53-175.
David, K.J., Hancocok D.L., Freidberg, A. and Goodger, K.F.M. (2013) New species and records of Euphranta Loew and other Adramini (Diptera: Tephritidae: Trypetinae) from south and southeast Asia. Zootaxa, 3635(4), 439-458.
Fabricius, J. C. (1794) Entomologia systematica emendata et aucta. Secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, adjectis synonimis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Tome 4. C. G. Proft, Hafniae [= Copenhagen]. [6] + 472 + [5] p.
Kapoor, V.C. (1993) Indian Fruit Flies (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae). International Science Publisher, New York, 228 pp.
