Spathulina acroleuca (Schiner)
Nomenclature
Tephritis acroleuca Schiner, 1868: 268
Trypeta undecimguttata Thomson, 1869: 581
Oxyna parceguttata Becker, 1903: 134
Oxyna parca Bezzi, 1913: 159
Oxyna nigrifemaorata Meijere, 1914: 220
Spathulina acrosticta Bezzi, 1918: 29
Spathulina acroleuca : Hendel, 1927a: 116
Spathulina parca: Hardy and Adachi, 1956: 24
Spathulina acroleuca (Schiner): Norrbom et al., 1999: 207.
Taxonomic position
Diptera: Brachycera: Tephritoidea: Tephritidae: Tephritinae: Tephritini
Diagnosis
- Face fulvous without any markings
- Scutum grey pollinose with white reclinate setae
- Abdomen glossy black
- All femora fulvous without any markings/spots
- Wing hyaline in basal one-fouth; rest three-fourth brown with hyaline spots and indentations
Host plants
Ageratum conyzoides L., Acmella radicans (Jacq.) R.K. Jansen and Tridax
procumbens (L.) L. (Fa. Asteraceae)
Distribution
Widely distributed in Afrotropical, Oriental, & Australasian Regions. Distributed across India
References
Agarwal, M.L. & Sueyoshi, M. (2005) Catalogue of Indian Fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae). Oriental Insects, 39, 371–433.
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. & Ramani, S. (2011) An illustrated key to fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) from Peninsular India and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Zootaxa, 3021, 1–31.
Hardy, D. E. (1973) The fruit flies (Tephritidae - Diptera) of Thailand and bordering countries. Pacific Insects Monograph, 31, 1-353.
Hardy, D. E. (1974) The fruit flies of the Philippines (Diptera: Tephritidae). Pacific Insects Monograph, 32, 266 p.
Schiner, I. R. (1868) Diptera, vi + 388 p. In Reise der osterreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859, unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wullerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Zweiter Band. 1. Abtheilung, [Sect.] B, [Art. I]. B. K. Gerold’s Sohn, Wien [= Vienna].
