Dacus (Mellesis) ramanii Drew & Hancock

Main Authors: David, K. J., Ramani, S.
Format: info publication-taxonomictreatment Journal
Terbitan: , 2019
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Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/5931049
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  • Dacus (Mellesis) ramanii Drew & Hancock Dacus (Callantra) ramanii Drew & Hancock (in Drew et al., 1998: 623; David & Ramani, 2011: 4). Material examined: 2♂, INDIA, Karnataka, Bangalore, 0 4. ii. 2014, David, K. J.; 2♂, INDIA, Karnataka, Bangalore, 11. xi. 2013, David, K. J.; 2♂, INDIA, Karnataka, Bangalore, 16. xii. 2013, David, K. J.; 2♂, INDIA, Karnataka, Bangalore, 0 2. xii. 2013, David, K. J.; 2♂, INDIA, Karnataka, Bangalore, 15. iv. 2014, David, K. J.; 2♂, INDIA, Karnataka, Bangalore, 19. v. 2014, Prabhu, G.; 1♂, INDIA, Karnataka, Bangalore, 15. i. 2013, David, K. J.; 1♂, INDIA, Karnataka, Bangalore, 0 4. xi. 2013, David, K. J.; 1♂, INDIA, Karnataka, Bangalore, 30. vi. 2014, David, K. J.; 1♂, INDIA, Karnataka, Bangalore, 10. ii. 2014, David, K. J; 1♂, INDIA, Karnataka, Chikkaballapur, 27. iii. 2013, David, K. J. (NBAIR). Diagnosis: Male with epandrium and surstyli distinctly bulb-shaped (posterior view) (Fig. 7G). Lateral surstylus broad; posterior lobe of surstylus lanceolate, 3.5 times longer than anterior lobe, anterior lobe pointed (Fig. 4S). Medial surstylus as long as lateral surstylus with a pair of well developed prensisetae. Proctiger triangular not larger than epandrium. Phallus 2.12 mm long excluding glans (0.4 mm), 0.75 of glans sclerotised with well developed fully patterned (polygonal pattern) praeputium, subapical and basal lobe present (Fig. 10Q).
  • Published as part of David, K. J. & Ramani, S., 2019, New species, redescriptions and phylogenetic revision of tribe Dacini (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacinae) from India based on morphological characters, pp. 101-146 in Zootaxa 4551 (2) on page 126, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4551.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2622635