Ortalotrypeta isshikii (Matsumura)

Nomenclature

Hexachaeta isshikii Mat sumura 1916: 419

Acroceratis Acroceratitisundulata Shinji 1940a: 163

Acroceratis Acroceratitis undulata Shinji 1940b: 195

Ortalotrypeta isshikii: David and Hancock, 2013: 132

Taxonomic position

Diptera: Brachycera: Tephritoidea: Tephritidae: Tachiniscinae: Ortalotrypetini

Diagnosis
  • Yellowish, elongate body with well developed chaetotaxy
  • 2 postrprontal lobe setae present
  • Wing elongate, predominantly hyaline with broad yellow costal band; apex dark brown with hyaline spots
  • Oviscape opened posterodistally
Host plant

Not recorded

Distribution

Sikkim

References

Norrbom, A. L. (1994) New genera of Tephritidae (Diptera) from Brazil and Dominican Amber, with phylogenetic analysis of the tribe Ortalotrypetini. Insecta Mundi, 8 (1–2), 1-15.Norrbom, A. L. (1994)

Wang, X.-J. (1998)The fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) of the East Asian Region. Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, Supplement 21 (1996), viii + 419 pp.

David, K.J. and Hancock, D.L. (2013) The first record of Ortalotrypeta isshikii (Matsumara) and sub family Tachinscinae (Diptera: Tephritidae) from India, with redescription of the species. Australian Entomologist, 40 (3), 131-135.

                                                                                                                                   

Habitus (lateral) female
Head
Scutum.
Thorax lateral view.
Abdomen.
Abdomen Lateral.
Wing.