Euphranta crux (Fabricius)

David, K. J., Hancock, D. L., Freidberg, A. & Goodger, K. F. M., 2013, New species and records of Euphranta Loew and other Adramini (Diptera: Tephritidae: Trypetinae) from south and southeast Asia, Zootaxa 3635 (4), pp. 439-458 : 454

Euphranta crux (Fabricius)

( Figs 66–69 )

Material examined: 4 3, 2 Ƥ, INDIA: Maharashtra, NRCC, Nagpur, 13.vii.2011, David K. J. (NBAII); 1 Ƥ, INDIA: Karnataka, Bangalore, 23.vii.1982, K. D. Ghorpade; 1 3, INDIA: Karnataka, Bangalore, 2.viii.1989, K. D. Ghorpade; 1 3, INDIA: Karnataka, Bangalore, 22.viii.1989, K. D. Ghorpade; 1 3, INDIA: Karnataka, Bangalore, 5.vii.1989, K. D. Ghorpade (TAUI); 1 Ƥ, INDIA: Dessa, vii.1898, Lt Col Nurse, 1916-49 (BMNH); 1 Ƥ, SRI LANKA: Trincomali, 21.vi. [18]91, Lt Col Yerbury, 1892-192 (BMNH).

Comments: This species is known from India, Sri Lanka (new record) and Thailand. Bezzi (1913) differentiated Euphranta crux (Fabricius) from E. dissoluta (Bezzi) by having an apical cross-shaped double band formed by the fusion of preapical and subapical band, whereas in E. dissoluta it is separate. Examination of the series of specimens listed above reveals that this is not a stable character and shows a wide range of variation ( Figs. 66–69 ), i.e., the bands may be incompletely separate or incompletely fused. Moreover, the original descriptions of E. burtoni Hardy and E. dissoluta indicate that there is hardly any difference between them. Since the wing markings in this species are now known to be variable, E. dissoluta and E. burtoni are placed as new synonyms of E. crux .

Figures

FIGURES 65 – 72. Wings of Euphranta. 65, E. cassiae (Munro); 66 – 69, E. crux (Fabricius); 70, E. lemniscata (Enderlein); 71, E. macularis (Wiedemann); 72, E. notabilis (van der Wulp).