Ectopomyia baculigera Hardy

Nomenclature

Ectopomyia baculigera Hardy, 1973:102; Singh et al., 2015: 132

Taxonomic position

Diptera: Brachycera: Tephritoidea: Tephritidae: Phytalmiinae: Acanthonevrini

Diagnosis

Scutum yellow with black to brown longitudinal markings

All femora fulvous without any markings

Wing dark brown in coloue with hyaline spots/ wedges along the border 

Host plants

Not known/recorded

Distribution

Kerala

Selected References

Hardy, D. E. (1973) The fruit flies (Tephritidae - Diptera) of Thailand and bordering countries. Pacific Insects Monograph, 31, 1-353.

Singh, S.K., David, K.J., Kumar, D. & Ramamurthy, V.V. (2015) A new species Magnimyiolia Shiraki (Diptera: Tephritidae: Trypetinae) and new records of Acanthonervini from India. Zootaxa, 3949 (1), 129-134.

Habitus male (Dorsal)
Habitus male (lateral)