Acroceratitis Hendel, 1913

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 : 97

Monophyly of Acroceratitis Hendel

Phylogenetic analysis ( Fig. 29 ) using COI sequences of seven species of Acroceratitis and eight other species of Gastrozonini with two species of Bactrocera ( Dacini ) as outgroup supported the monophyly of genus Acroceratitis with good statistical support (bootstrap value-98). In this study and from the published literature ( Hardy, 1973, 1974), all species examined have the proctiger much larger than the epandrium like other Gastrozonini but wholly covered with dense fine hairs, which is unique in Tephritidae and probably a synapomorphy for the genus.

Figures

FIGURE 29. Maximum likelihood phylogram of 16 Gastrozonini and two Dacini (outgroup) DNA barcode sequences using General Time Reversible model. The number at each node is the boostsrap value based on ML analysis.