Dacus (Leptoxyda) persicus (Hendel)
Nomenclature
Dacus longistylus Wiedemann, 1830: 522
Dacus ferrugineus: Becker, 1913: 641
Leptoxyda sp nr longistyla Bezzi, 1913: 92
Dacus longistylus: Bezzi, 1916: 101
Dacus (Leptoxyda) persicus Hendel, 1927a: 29
Leptoxyda persicus: Munro, 1984: 127
Dacus (Leptoxyda) longistylus: Kapoor, 1993: 84
Dacus (Leptoxyda) persicus: Drew et al., 1998: 650
Dacus persicus: Doorenweerd et al., 2018: 41
Taxonomic position
Diptera: Brachycera: Tephritoidea: Tephritidae: Dacinae: Dacini
Diagnosis
- Face fulvous with two small round spots
- Scutum grey brown with faint lateral vitta and a prominent medial vitta
- Wing with broad costal band confluent with vein R4+5
- Abdomen reddish brown with a medial longitudinal black line
Host plants
Larvae develop inside fruits of Calotropis sp. (Apocyanaceae)
Distribution
Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa, Rajathan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh
Selected References
Bezzi, M. (1913) Indian trypaneids (fruit-flies) in the collection of the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Memoirs of Indian Museum, 3, 53-175.
Bezzi, M. (1916) On the fruit-flies of the genus Dacus (s.l.) occurring in India, Burma, and Ceylon. Bullettin of Entomological Research, 7, 99-121.
Drew, R.A.I., Hancock, D.L. & White, I.M. (1998) Revision of the tropical fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacinae) of South-east Asia. II. Dacus Fabricius. Invertebrate Taxonomy 12, 567-654.
Hendel, F. G. (1927). [Lfg. 16 & 17], p. 1-128. In 49. Trypetidae, 221 p. In E. Lindner, ed., Die Fliegen der palaearktischen Region. Vol. 5. Stuttgart.
Wiedemann, C. R. W. (1830) Aussereuropaische zweiflugelige Insekten. Vol. 2. Schulz, Hamm. xii + 684 p.
