Euphranta klugii (Wiedemann)

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 : 453

Euphranta klugii (Wiedemann)

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Material examined: Holotype Ƥ, INDIA: labelled ‘ Dacus klugii Indian / Type’ (UZMC); 1 Ƥ, INDONESIA: Java, Batavia, 9.iii.1934, Rev L.B. Cross, at light on boat (OUMNH).

Comments: This species was transferred from Callistomyia Bezzi to Euphranta by Hancock (2007) but its identity has remained uncertain. Examination of the holotype ( Fig. 54 ) has shown it to be a senior synonym of the mangrove-breeding Euphranta signatifacies Hardy (syn. nov.), known previously from southern Thailand and West Malaysia and newly recorded from Java. The type was presumably collected in a mangrove habitat in the Kolkata district of West Bengal; its recorded host plants are Avicennia officinalis L. ( Verbenaceae ) and Rhizophora mucronata L. ( Rhizophoraceae ) (Hancock and Drew, 1994).

Figures

FIGURES 53 – 56. 53 – 55. Euphranta corticicola (Hering), Holotype Ƥ. 53, habitus, dorsal view; 54, habitus, dorsolateral view; 55, head; 56. Euphranta klugii (Wiedemann), Holotype Ƥ, habitus. © The Natural History Museum, London.