Dacus (Mellesis) insulosus Drew & Hancock

David, K. J. & Ramani, S., 2019, New species, redescriptions and phylogenetic revision of tribe Dacini (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacinae) from India based on morphological characters, Zootaxa 4551 (2), pp. 101-146 : 126

Dacus (Mellesis) insulosus Drew & Hancock

Dacus (Callantra) insulosus Drew & Hancock, in Drew et al., 1998: 599 ; David & Ramani, 2011:4.

Dacus (Mellesis) insulosus (in Drew & Romig, 2013: 387) .

Material examined: 1♀, INDIA, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Mount Harriet , 25. viii. 1993, Ranganath, H. R. ( UASB) .

Diagnosis: Female with dorsoventrally flattened, conical oviscape (1.87 mm); eversible membrane 2.11 mm long, spicules on distal end of eversible membrane with 8̄10 sharp projections, the medial one 5̄6 times higher than basal ones ( Fig. 12L ); aculeus (1.72 mm) broad with three pairs of preapical setae ( Fig. 14L ).

Figures

FIGURE 12. Spicules on distal end of eversible membrane of Dacini. (A) B. (Parazeugodacus) bipustulata; (B) Z. (Zeugodacus) cucurbitae; (C) Z. (Z.) fuscoalatus; (D) Z. (Z.) havelockiae; (E) Z. (Z.) tau; (F) Z. (Z.) watersi; (G) Z. (Z.) zahadi; (H) B. (Tetradacus) minax; (I) Dacus (Callantra) longicornis; (J) D. (Didacus) ciliatus; (K) D. (Leptoxyda) persicus; (L) D. (Mellesis) insulosus.

FIGURE 14. Aculeus tip of Dacini. (A) Bactrocera (Parazeugodacus) bipustulata; (B) Z. (Zeugodacus) cucurbitae; (C) Z. (Z.) fuscoalatus; (D) Z. (Z.) havelockiae; (E) Z. (Z.) tau; (F) Z. (Z.) watersi; (G) Z. (Z.) zahadi; (H) B. (Tetradacus) minax; (I) Dacus (Callantra) longicornis; (J) D. (Didacus) ciliatus; (K) D. (Leptoxyda) persicus; (L) D. (Mellesis) insulosus.