Acidoxantha
Creators: name: David, K. J.
name: Singh, Shakti Kumar
name: Ramani, S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Tephritidae
Acidoxantha

description: Key to species of Acidoxantha based on Hardy (1974, 1987), Hancock (1985) and Permkam and Hancock
(1995)
1. Wing with Y-shaped yellow-brown band in the middle of the wing............................................... 2
- Wing with two V-shaped yellow-brown bands in the middle of the wing.......................... A. bisinuata Hancock
2. Scutum fulvous except for few black spots, lacking dark brown longitudinal vittae.................................. 3
- Scutum with dark brown longitudinal vittae................................................................ 10
3. Tergite IV of abdomen with a single black basomedial spot, tergites V and VI with a pair of basolateral black spots.................................................................................. A. quinaria Permkam and Hancock
- Tergite IV either completely yellow or with one or two pairs of black spots........................................4
4. Tergite IV completely yellow without any spots (infest buds of Hibiscus)............................. A. hibisci Hardy
- Tergite IV with a pair of basomedial spots and/or with posterolateral spots........................................ 5
5. Anatergite and katatergite fulvous without any markings......................................... A. totoflava Hardy
- Lower margins of anatergite and katatergite brown to black.................................................... 6
6. Dorsocentral seta placed in line with anterior supra-alar seta.................................................... 7
- Dorsocentral seta placed well behind anterior supra-alar seta, about 2/5th the distance between anterior supra-alar seta and post- alar seta............................................................................................. 8
7. Head ½ higher than long; wing with Y-shaped band merging with subapical band........................ A. minor Hardy
- Head scarcely higher than long; wing with Y-shaped band not fused with subapical band................ .. A.nana Hering
8. Tergite IV with four black spots; two basomedial and two posterolateral.......................................... 9
- Tergite IV with one pair of posterolateral spots............................................ A. punctiventris Hendel
9. Wing with Y-shaped band broad; the stem of the band as wide as the length of crossvein DM-Cu............ A. assita Hardy
- Wing with Y-shaped band narrow; the stem of the band as wide as the length of crossvein R-M....... A. balabacensis Hardy
10. Scutum with two dark brown longitudinal vittae............................................... A. bifasciata Hardy
- Scutum with three or more dark brown longitudinal vittae.................................................... 11
11. Scutum with three dark vittae; anterior margins of abdominal tergites III-V black, devoid of black spots on abdominal tergites IV &V............................................................................ A. bombacis de Meijere
- Scutum with four dark vittae............................................................................12
12. Subapical band along crossvein DM-Cu constricted at the level of vein R4+5; hyaline band between Y-shaped yellow band and subapical band broader than width of R-M crossvein, tergite III with two basomedial spots................................................................................................. A. galibeedu David & Ramani, sp. nov.
- Subapical band along crossvein DM-Cu of uniform width; hyaline band between Y-shaped yellow band and subapical band not broader than width of R-M crossvein, tergite III devoid of basomedial spots.................... .. A. quadrivittata Hardy
description: Published as part of David, K. J., Singh, Shakti Kumar & Ramani, S., 2014, New species and records of Trypetinae (Diptera: Tephritidae) from India, pp. 126-134 in Zootaxa 3795 (2) on page 127, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3795.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/228514