Bactrocera (Bactrocera) gombokensis Drew & Hancock 1994
| Main Authors: | Drew, R. A. I., Romig, M. C., Dorji, C. |
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| Format: | info publication-taxonomictreatment Journal |
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, 2007
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| Online Access: |
https://zenodo.org/record/5398852 |
Daftar Isi:
- Bactrocera (Bactrocera) gombokensis Drew & Hancock Bactrocera (Bactrocera) gombokensis Drew & Hancock, 1994: 24; Norrbom et al., 1998: 91. Holotype male in BMNH. Material examined. – BHUTAN: 1 male, Phuentsholing, 6 May.2000, coll. S. Thapa; 1 male, Tsirang, 19 Jun.2000, coll. T.D. & S.D; 1 male, Tsirang, Darachu, 30 May.2001, coll. B. Fletcher; 4 males, Namling 16 km, 1600 m, 9 Jun.2001, subtropical forest, coll. Brian Fletcher; 1 male, Lingmethang 11 km, 1100 m, 9 Jun.2001, subtropical forest, coll. Brian Fletcher; 2 males, Lingmethang, 700 m, 9 Jun.2001, mango tree, coll. Brian Fletcher; 5 males (15 Nov.2004), 3 males (5 Dec.2004), Samdrup Jongkhar District, coll. Wangdi. All specimens attracted to cue lure. Specimens in NPPC and QDPI. Diagnosis. – A medium sized species; face fulvous with a pair of large circular black spots; scutum base colour black, postpronotal lobes and notopleura yellow, mesopleural stripe reaching midway between anterior margin of notopleuron and anterior npl. seta dorsally, a pair of medium width parallel sided lateral postsutural vittae ending at ia. seta, medial postsutural vitta absent; setae: sc. 2; prsc. 2; ia. 1; p.sa. 1; a.sa. 1; mpl. 1; npl. 2; scp. 4; scutellum yellow with a narrow black basal band; legs with femora fulvous with large black subapical spots on outer surfaces; wings with cells bc and c colourless, microtrichia in outer corner of cell c only, a narrow fuscous costal band confluent with R 2+3 and remaining narrow around costal margin to end just beyond apex of R 4+5, cubital streak absent but with some pale fuscous in base of cell cup, supernumerary lobe weak; abdominal terga III-V orangebrown with a ‘T’ pattern consisting of a narrow transverse black band across anterior margin of tergum III and widening to cover outer 1/3 of the lateral margins, a narrow medial longitudinal black band over all three terga, anterolateral corners of terga IV and V dark fuscous to black. Attractant. – Cue lure. Distribution. – Peninsular Malaysia. New record for Bhutan. Hosts. – No known record. Remarks. – Bactrocera gombokensis Drew & Hancock is a non-pest member of the dorsalis complex. It is readily distinguished by the following characters – large black spots on outer apical surfaces of all femora, costal band narrow without apical expansion and cubital streak absent.
- Published as part of Drew, R. A. I., Romig, M. C. & Dorji, C., 2007, Records Of Dacine Fruit Flies And New Species Of Dacus (Diptera: Tephritidae) In Bhutan, pp. 1-21 in Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 55 (1) on page 3, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5331152