Bactrocera latifrons (Hendel, 1912)

Singh, Maneesh Pal & Hancock, David Lawrence, 2025, Two new species of genus Bactrocera Macquart (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacinae: Dacini) from northern Himalayas and new records of host plants, distribution or variation in three other species in India, Zootaxa 5666 (2), pp. 175-194 : 181

Key to species of the Bactrocera latifrons group

1. Anepisternal yellow stripe dorsoapically rounded and not reaching line of anterior notopleural seta; postsutural lateral yellow vittae narrow, almost linear, <0.12 mm wide............................................................... 2

- Anepisternal yellow stripe not dorsoapically rounded and reaching line of anterior notopleural seta; postsutural lateral yellow vittae broad, not almost linear,> 0.15 mm wide............................................................. 3

2. Abdomen with transverse black bands on tergites II and III; sternites black (except II); aculeus with medial lobe dome-like and narrowed to a blunt point apically; distal eversible membrane with closely spaced semicircular spicules with downward projections; preputium of glans with partial hexagonal pattern and spines on lateral side of glans present ( Maneesh et al., 2023, figs 3C-F, 4C & 5E).................................................. B. prabhakari Maneesh, Gupta & Hancock

- Abdomen without transverse black bands; sternites reddish brown; aculeus with medial lobe dome-like and broadly rounded apically ( Fig. 4A ); distal eversible membrane with sparse, sharp triangular spicules and irregular spherical spicules ( Fig. 4B ); preputium of glans without partial hexagonal pattern and spines on lateral side of glans absent ( Fig. 3F )................................................................................ B. viraktamathi Maneesh & Hancock sp. nov.

3. Abdomen with a broad black transverse band on tergite III and narrow basal band on tergite IV, sternites dark fuscous to black; legs with apices of femora dark fuscous ( Drew & Romig, 2013, fig. 145).......................... B. parvula (Hendel)

- Abdomen without black transverse bands on tergites III & IV, sternites pale, generally red-brown; legs with apices of femora fulvous or with a darker subapical mark ( Drew & Romig, 2013, fig. 98)........................... B. latifrons (Hendel)

Figures

FIGURE 3. Bactrocera viraktamathi Maneesh & Hancock sp. nov. Holotype; A: Legs, B: Sternite V, C: Paratype female abdomen; Holotype D & E: Epandrium and F: Glans

FIGURE 4.Bactrocera viraktamathi Maneesh & Hancock sp. nov. Paratype A: Tip of aculeus, B: Spicules on distal eversible membrane and C: Bactrocera prabhakari variations in head & legs