Rioxa parvipunctata de Meijere
Nomenclature
Ptilona sexmaculata Wulp, 1880: 185
Rioxa sexmaculata: Wulp, 1899: 206
Rioxa sexmaculata var parvipunctata Meijere, 1911: 381
Rioxa quinquemaculata Bezzi, 1913: 115
Rioxa infirma Hering, 1941a: 24
Rioxa vittata Zia, 1963b: 638
Rioxa parvipunctata: Hardy, 1973: 109
Rioxa parvipunctata: Radhakrishnan, 1984: 58
Rioxa sexmaculata: Radhakrishnan, 1984: 58 misidentification
Rioxa parvipunctata: Hancock, 2014: 48
Taxonomic position
Diptera: Brachycera: Tephritoidea: Tephritidae: Phytalmiinae: Acanthonevrini
Diagnosis
- Face entirely black
- Scutum yellowish brown with elongate narrow sublateral vittae extending to scutellum
- Abdomen black with median yellow patch from tergites 1-4.
- Wing entirely brown/black with hyaline spots
Host plants
They are saprophytic in habit and are often breeding in wooden logs
Distribution
Arunachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal
Selected References
Hancock, D.L. (2014) An annotated key to the Rioxa complex of genera (Diptera: Tephritidae: Acanthonevrini), Australian Entomologist, 41(1), 45-54.
Hardy, D. E. (1973) The fruit flies (Tephritidae - Diptera) of Thailand and bordering countries. Pacific Insects Monograph, 31, 1-353.
Radhakrishnan, C. (1984) Tephritidae (Diptera: Insecta) of Namdapha. Records of zoological Survey of India, 81(3&4), 49-65.
Wulp, F. M. van der. (1880) Eenige Diptera van Nederlandsch Indie. Tijdschr. Entomol., 23, 155-194, pl. 10-11.
