Themara yunnana Zia
Nomenclature
Themara yunnana Zia, 1963: 641
Themara yunnana: Hancock, 2011: 115; David and Ramani, 2011:5
Taxonomic position
Diptera: Brachycera: Tephritoidea: Tephritidae: Phytalmiinae: Acanthonevrini
Diagnosis
- Head in males wider than thorax
- Scutum with black sublateral vittae
- Wing predominantly brown with fulvous and hyaline identations
- Vein R2+3 bowed distinctly
Host plant
Saprophytic in habit, associated with bamboo
Distribution
Assam, Karnataka, Kerala, West Bengal
Selected References
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.
Hancock, D.L. (2011) An annoted key to the species of Acanthonerva Macquart and allied genera (Diptera: Tephritidae: Acanthonervini): a case confused synonymies. Australian Entomologist 38(3), 109-128.
Zia, Y. (1963) Notes on Chinese trypetid flies II. Acta Entomologica Sinica, 12, 631-648.
