Euphranta Loew 1862
Creators: name: David, K. J.
name: Hancock, D. L.
name: Sankararaman, H.
name: Sachin, K.
name: Sudhir, Singh
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Tephritidae
Euphranta

description: Key to species of Euphranta Loew from India (modified after David and Singh, 2015)
1. Wing fully hyaline with a faint transverse band along crossvein dm-cu (David et al., 2013: fig. 23)............................................................................................. E. hyalipennis David & Freidberg
- Wing with either dark transverse bands or with apical black patch.............................................. 2
2. Wing with apical half dark brown to black with or without hyaline markings...................................... 3
- Wing with prominent transverse bands.................................................................... 4
3. Wing with hyaline band extending from cell r 1 just beyond pterostigma to posterior margin diagonally, then curving anteriorly to reach cell r 4+5; large apical brown patch with longitudinal hyaline band in cell r 2+3 (David et al., 2013: fig. 56)............................................................................................ E. klugii (Wiedemann)
- Wing with subcostal band continued as costal band and a preapical brown patch covering crossveins dm-cu and r-m (David et al., 2013: fig. 71)............................................................... E. macularis (Wiedemann)
4. Apex of cell r 4+5 without hyaline spot; subapical band over crossvein dm-cu fading and merging with anterior yellow fumose area (David et al., 2013: fig. 16)............................................................ E. diffusa David
- Apex of cell r 4+5 with hyaline spot and devoid of yellow fumose area............................................ 5
5. Wing with a hyaline V-shaped marking extending from anterior margin to cell cu 1 (David et al., 2013: fig. 70)........................................................................................... E. lemniscata (Enderlein)
- Wing with straight or curved transverse bands, never forming hyaline V-shaped marking............................. 6
6. Face wholly fulvous or slightly fuscous towards oral margin................................................... 7
- Face wholly black, black towards oral margin, or with spots along antennal groove................................ 11
7. Wing with a V-shaped black band connected to subapical band (Fig. 7)............................................................... ........................................................................ E. siruvani David, Hancock & Sankararaman, sp. n.
- Wing without a V-shaped black band...................................................................... 8
8. Wing predominantly hyaline with one or two transverse bands.................................................. 9
- Wing not predominantly hyaline, with three to four crossbands or apical three-fourths dark brown to black with hyaline indentations.............................................................................................. 10
9. All femora yellow, wing predominantly hyaline, discal band narrowed to end before or at crossvein r-m (David et al., 2013: fig. 65).................................................................................. E. cassiae (Munro)
- Forefemur with apical one-third black, wing with discal band reaching cell dm (David and Singh., 2015: fig. 15)................................................................................... E. pseuodcassiae David & Singh
10. Wing hyaline with four discontinuous transverse bands (David et al., 2013: figs 66-69)............... E. crux (Fabricius)
- Wing hyaline only in basal quarter; apical three-fourths dark brown to black except hyaline indentations in cell r 1 that end at vein R 4+5, in cell cu 1 that extend into cell dm and at apex of cell r 4+5 (David et al., 2013: fig. 72)..................................................................................................... E. notabilis (van der Wulp)
11. Face wholly black; scutum and abdomen shiny black; wing with four discontinuous, transverse bands (Bezzi, 1913:, fig. 35)..................................................................................... E. nigripeda (Bezzi)
- Face not wholly black, at least fulvous basally or with two separate black markings................................ 12
12. Face black towards oral margin......................................................................... 13
- Face with two separate black spots...................................................................... 14
13. Wing with three transverse bands, subapical band fused with preapical band medially (David et al., 2013: fig. 29)............................................................................................. E. thandikudi David
- Wing with two transverse bands, subapical band and preapical band not fused (David et al., 2013: fig. 3).............................................................................................. E. wrightiae David & Singh
14. Face with longitudinal marks along antennal foveae; dorsocentral setae vestigial or absent; apex of aculeus with preapical indentations (David et al., 2013: fig. 7)........................................................ E. dysoxyli David
- Face with two subtriangular spots; dorsocentral setae well developed; apex of aculeus acute and without preapical indentations (Fig. 18)............................................................... E. haldwanica Hancock & Goodger
description: Published as part of David, K. J., Hancock, D. L., Sankararaman, H., Sachin, K. & Sudhir, Singh, 2020, A new species of Euphranta Loew (Diptera: Tephritidae: Trypetinae: Adramini) from India, pp. 584-590 in Zootaxa 4868 (4) on page 585, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4868.4.8, http://zenodo.org/record/4418218