Bactrocera (Bactrocera) nigrofemoralis White & Tsuruta
Nomenclature
Bactrocera (Bactrocera) nigrofemoralis White and Tsuruta, Tsuruta and White, 2001: 79; Drew and Raghu, 2002: 339; Agarwal and Sueyoshi, 2005: 378; Drew et al., 2007: 4; David and Ramani, 2011: 3; Drew and Romig, 2013: 131.
Bactrocera nigrofemoralis: Doorenweerd et al., 2018: 31
Taxonomic position
Diptera: Brachycera: Tephritoidea: Tephritidae: Dacinae: Dacini
Diagnosis
- Face entirely back
- Scutum and abdomen predominantly black.
- Scutum with lateral postsutural vitta narrow, ending before intra-alar seta
- Anepisternal stripe broad reaching anterior notopleural seta dorsally
- Fore and mid femur entirely black, 0.25 of hind femur black
- Wing hyaline, costal band confluent with vein R2+3
Host plants
Coffea canephora Pierre ex Froehner, Malphigia glabra L., Syzygium jambos L. (White and Elson-Harris, 1992; Ramani, 1997).
Male attractant
Cuelure
Distribution
Karnataka, Kerala (Ramani, 1997, David et al., 2008, Agarwal & Sueyoshi, 2005).
Distribution
Karnataka, Kerala (Ramani, 1997, David et al., 2008, Agarwal & Sueyoshi, 2005).
References
Agarwal., M. L and Sueyoshi, M., 2005. Catalogue of Indian Fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae).Oriental Ins., 39: 371-433.
David, K. J. and Ramani, S. 2011. An illustrated key to fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) of peninsular India and Andaman and Nicobar islands. Zootaxa, 3021: 1-31
Ramani, S., 1997, Biosystematic studies on fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) with special reference to the fauna of Karnataka and Andaman and Nicobar. Ph.D. (Agri. Ent) Thesis, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore
Tsuruta, K and White, I. M. 2001. Eleven new species of the genus Bactrocera Macquart (Diptera: Tephritidae) from SriLanka. Entomological Science. 4(1): 69-87.
David, K. J., Kumar, A. R. V. and Ramani, S. 2008. Distribution of Bactrocera Macquart (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Kerala with special reference to Western Ghats. J. Ent. Res. Soc., 10(2): 55-69
