Rioxoptilona dunlopi (Wulp)
Nomenclature
Ptilona dunlopi Wulp, 1880: 186
Rioxa dunlopi: Bezzi, 1913: 113
Acanthonevra dunlopi: Edwards, 1919: 50
Acanthonevra dunlopi: Radhakrishnan, 1984: 57
Rioxoptilona dunlopi: Hancock, 2011: 122.
Taxonomic position
Diptera: Brachycera: Tephritoidea: Tephritidae: Phytalmiinae: Acanthonevrini
Diagnosis
- Frons with 1 pair of frontal setae
- Middle scutellar setae very weak, less than one-third length of apical setae
- Scutum without distinct postsutural dark vittae
- Hyaline indentation in stigma extending to vein R2+3
Host plants
Bambusa vulgaris, Bambusa sp. and Dendrocalamus nudus (Allwood et al., 1999)
Distribution
Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Karnataka, West Bengal (Agarwal and Sueyoshi, 2005; Hancock, 2011)
References
Agarwal, M.L. & Sueyoshi, M. (2005) Catalogue of Indian Fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae). Oriental Insects, 39, 371–433.
Allwood, A.J., Chinajariowang, A., Drew, R.A.I., Hamacek, E.L., Hancock, D.L., Hengsawad, C., Jipanin, J.C., Jirasurat, M., Kong Krong, C., Kristaneepaiboon, S., Leong, C.T.S. and Vijayasegaran, S. (1999). Host plant records for fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) in South East Asia. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement 7: 1-92.
Bezzi, M. (1913) Indian trypaneids (fruit-flies) in the collection of the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Memories of Indian Museum, 3, 53-175.
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.
Wulp, F. M. van der. (1880) Eenige Diptera van Nederlandsch Indie. Tijdschr. Entomol., 23, 155-194, pl. 10-11.
