Coelotrypes luteifasciatus (Senior-White)
Nomenclature
Staurella luteifasciata Senior-White, 1922: 158
Coelotrypes luteifasciatus: Hancock and Drew, 2005: 6; David et al. 2013: 456
Taxonomic position
Diptera: Brachycera: Tephritoidea: Tephritidae: Trypetinae: Adramini
Diagnosis
- Face yellow without any markings
- Scutum orange-yellow with a prominent yellow medial postsutural vitta and a pair of sublateral black vittae from posteior to anterior margin indistinct from transverse suture to anterior notopleural seta.
- Wing predominantly hyaline with subapical band, radial-medial band and apex black
- Abdomen reddish-brown with lateral black vittae on tergites 1-4.
Host plants
Larvae of C. luteifasciatus develop inside flowers of Argyreia nervosa (Convolvulaceae)
Distribution
Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
Selected References
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.
David, K.J. and Hancock, D.L. (2019) Taxonomic notes on genus Coelotrypes Bezzi (Diptera: Tephritidae: Trypetinae) with description of two new species. Zootaxa, 4563 (3), 584-594.
Hancock, D.L. and Drew, R.A.I. (2005) New genera, species and records of Adramini (Diptera: Tephritidae: Trypetinae) from the south specific and and southern Asia. Australian Entomologist, 32(1), 5-16.
Senior-White, R. A. (1922) Notes on Indian Diptera 1. Diptera from the Khasia Hills. 2. Tabanidae in the collection of the forest zoologist. 3. New species of Diptera from the Indian Region. Memories of Department of Agriculture, India (Entomology), 7, 83-170.
