Bactrocera Macquart
Creators: name: David, K. J.
name: Hancock, D. L.
name: Singh, Shakti Kumar
name: Ramani, S.
name: Behere, G. T.
name: Salini, S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Tephritidae
Bactrocera

description: Key to Indian subgenera of Bactrocera Macquart
1. Medial postsutural vitta absent, praeputium unpatterned (Figure 2h); posterior margin of sternite V of male with deep concav- ity; epandrium usually oval/ inverted U-shaped/round in posterior view........................................... 2
- Medial postsutural vitta often present, praeputium patterned (Figure 6h); posterior margin of sternite V of male with moderate to shallow concavity or flat; epandrium sphaeropedunculate in posterior view, i.e., constriction between epandrium and sursty- lus is prominent in posterior view, if not, eversible membrane with conical projections...............................4
2. Male wing with well developed bulla (swelling adjacent to cell bcu developed above vein Cu2); anepisternal stripe broad rea- ching postpronotal lobe........................................................ Bulladacus Drew and Hancock
- Male wing without bulla; anepisternal stripe narrow, if broad never reaching postpronotal lobe........................ 3
3. Pecten absent on tergite III of males; aculeus not dorsoventrally flattened, curved.................. .. Calodacus Hancock
- Pecten present on tergite III of males; aculeus dorsoventrally flattened........................... Bactrocera Macquart
4. Postsutural supra-alar seta absent.......................................................... .. Javadacus Hardy
- Postsutural supra-alar seta present........................................................................5
5. Pecten absent on tergite III of males....................................................................... 6
- Pecten present on tergite III of males...................................................................... 7
6. Medial postsutural vitta present; one pair of scutellar setae present........................... Hemigymnodacus Hardy
- Medial postsutural vitta absent; two pairs of scutellar setae..................................... Paratridacus Shiraki
7. Oviscape bottle shaped, rounded in transverse section.......................................... Tetradacus Miyake
- Oviscape dorsoventrally flattened, not with bulbous base......................................................8
8. Praeputium pattern is restricted to the base with comb-shaped spines............................. .. Paradacus Perkins
- Praeputium pattern not restricted to the base, extends througout entire length......................................9
9. Abdomen petiolate; prescutellar acrostichal seta absent............................................. Sinodacus Zia
- Abdomen not petiolate; prescutellar acrostichal seta present...................................................10
10. Medial postsutural vitta and lateral vitta present............................................ .. Zeugodacus Hendel
- Medial postsutural vitta absent, lateral postsutural vitta present or absent.........................................11
11. Two pairs of scutellar setae; posterior lobe of surstylus as long as anterior lobe.................. Parazeugodacus Shiraki
- One pair of scutellar setae; posterior lobe of surstylus longer than anterior lobe......... .. Parasinodacus Drew and Romig
description: Published as part of David, K. J., Hancock, D. L., Singh, Shakti Kumar, Ramani, S., Behere, G. T. & Salini, S., 2017, New species, new records and updated subgeneric key of Bactrocera Macquart (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacinae: Dacini) from India, pp. 386-400 in Zootaxa 4272 (3) on pages 387-388, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4272.3.4, http://zenodo.org/record/892498