Acroceratitis parastriata David & Hancock

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 : 95

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5637.1.3
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15562055
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scientific name	Acroceratitis parastriata David & Hancock
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( David et al., 2014, figures 1−12)

Acroceratitis parastriata David & Hancock , in David et al., 2014: 412 View Cited Treatment .

Material examined: 1♂ INDIA, Karnataka, Bangalore , 10.v.2003, Vishva, N.S; 2♀♀, 3♂♂ INDIA, West Bengal, Nadia, Krishnanagar , 20.viii.2017, Rakesh Pashi; 1♀, 1♂ INDIA, Karnataka, Bangalore, Attur , 08.xi.2016, Prabhu, G; 1♀ same data as previous except date 24.viii.2017; 1♀ 17.x.2017; 1♀ INDIA, Karnataka, Bangalore, Kanakapura , 20.x.2016, Prabhu, G; 1♀ INDIA, Karnataka, Bangalore , K Palya, 03.v.2017, Abraham Verghese; 1♀ INDIA, Kerala, Wayanad, Panamaram , 24.iv.2021, Sachin, K; 1♀ INDIA, Karnataka, Kodagu, Chetalli , 04.ix.2012, David, K.J. ( NIM).

Diagnosis. This species can be differentiated from the closely related A. striata by oviscape shorter than length of abdomen, scutellum with narrow yellow spots at the base of apical scutellar setae and dark fuscous tergite 3. Postabdominal structures were illustrated in David et al. (2014).

Comments: It was described from Bangalore, Karnataka and later collected from West Bengal, Kerala and Western Ghats of Karnataka .