Acroceratitis histrionica (de Meijere)

David, K. J., Noor Mahammed, N. R., Hancock, D. L., Gracy, R. G., Ningthoujam, Kennedy & Sushil, S. N., 2025, Taxonomic notes on Oriental bamboo-shoot fruit fly genus Acroceratitis Hendel (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacinae: Gastrozonini), with description of a new species from India, Zootaxa 5637 (1), pp. 83-98 : 94

Acroceratitis histrionica (de Meijere)

( Figures 23 d−28d)

Chelyophora histrionica Meijere, 1914: 205 .

Acroceratitis histrionica : Hardy, 1973: 227; Hancock & Drew, 1999:649: David et al., 2014: 417 .

Material examined: 2♀♀, 1♂ INDIA, Karnataka, Bangalore, Hebbal , 10.vii.2013, David, K.J .; 1♂ same data as previous except date 31.vii.2013; 1♀ 2.ii.2013; 1♀ 14.ii.2013; 1♀, 3.i.2013; 1♂ 27.vii.2013 ( NIM) .

Diagnosis: It is similar to A. tomentosa but can be separated by a mostly black scutellum without apical spots and fuscous mid and hind femora. Epandrium dark brown to black, lateral surstylus fulvous and broad, much longer than epandrium, proctiger twice as high as epandrium densely covered with fine hairs ( Figs. 23d, 24d ). Phallus short (1.12 mm long) with developed glans, glans of phallus stout, triangular, basal lobe present, subapical lobe absent ( Fig. 25d ). Oviscape short (1.06 mm long), dorsoventrally flattened, 12−14 finger-like projections ( Fig. 27d ) on distal end of eversible membrane short (1.16 mm), 2 tightly coiled black spermathecae ( Fig. 28d ), aculeus tip (1.12 mm long) with broadly pointed apex and four pairs of preapical setae ( Fig. 26d ).

Comments: It was originally described from Java by Meijere (1914) and illustrated by Hardy (1973).

Figures

FIGURES 23−25. Male postabdominal structures of Acroceratitis. 23, Epandrium and surstyli (lateral view). 24, Epandrium and surstyli (posterior view); 25, Glans of phallus (lateral view). a, A. bimacula; b, A. ceratitina; c, A. distincta; d, A. histrionica; e, A. separata; f, A. tomentosa.

FIGURES 26−28. Female postabdominal structures of Acroceratitis. 26, Aculeus tip; 27, spicules on distal end of eversible membrane; 28, spermatheca. a, A. bimacula; b, A. ceratitina; c, A. distincta; d, A. histrionica; e, A. separata; f, A. tenmalaica; g, A. tomentosa.