Metasphaenisca reinhardi (Wiedemann)
Nomenclature
Trypeta reinhardi Wiedemann, 1824: 45
Tephrostola reinhardi: Bezzi, 1913: 154
Platensina reinhardi: Hendel, 1915: 461
Aciura reinhardi: Seguy, 1933: 22
Metasphenisca malayana Hering, 1942a: 286
Isoconia reinhardi: Munro, 1947: 119
Metasphenisca reinhardi: Hancock and McGuire, 2002: 9
Taxonomic position
Diptera: Brachycera: Tephritoidea: Tephritidae: Tephritinae: Tephrellini
Diagnosis
- Frons with three pairs of frontal setae
- Scutum and abdomen entirely black
- Wing predominantly black with hyaline base, 2 anterior hyaline wedges and 3 posterior hyaline wedges
Host plant
Pods of Barleria buxifolia (Acanthaceae)
Distribution
Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal
Selected References
Bezzi, M. (1913) Indian trypaneids (fruit-flies) in the collection of the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Memories of Indian Museum, 3, 53-175.
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. and McGuire, D.J. (2002) New species and records of non-dacine fruit flies (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae) from south and southeast Asia. Steenstrupia, 27 (1), 1-17.
Wiedemann, C. R. W. (1824) Munus rectoris in Academia Christiana Albertina aditurus analecta entomologica ex Museo Regio Havniensi maxime congesta profert iconibusque illustrat. Kiliae, [= Kiel]. 60 p.
