Acroceratitis Hendel
Creators: name: David, K. J.
name: Hancock, D. L.
name: Ramani, S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Tephritidae
Acroceratitis

description: Key to species of Acroceratitis Hendel from India
The two new species run to couplet 10 in Hancock and Drew’s (1999) key but no further; hence a key to the ten known Indian taxa is provided here.
1. Wing with costal band interrupted just beyond cell sc (Figs 21, 22).............................................. 2
- Wing with costal band continuous up to wing apex (Fig. 1), interrupted beyond level of crossvein r-m, or with apically dif- fused pattern (Fig. 20).................................................................................. 3
2. Scutellum black with yellow markings at the base of apical and basal scutellar setae (Fig. 22); femora fulvous................................................................................................. A. tomentosa Hardy
- Scutellum black without yellow markings at the base of apical scutellar setae (Fig. 21); femora dark fuscous............................................................................................ A. histrionica (de Meijere)
3. Wing with costal band extending from cell sc to wing apex (Fig. 1)............................................. 4
- Wing with hyaline indentation beyond level of crossvein r-m or with apically diffused pattern (Fig. 20)................. 8
4. Postpronotal lobe yellow without black spot and third abdominal tergite brownish to black...................................................................................................... A. tenmalaica Hancock and Drew
- Postpronotal lobe yellow with large black spot (Figs 5 & 9); third abdominal tergite either brownish to black or fulvous.... 5
5. Abdominal tergites fulvous, at most with black basal margins on tergites III and IV (Figs. 25 & 26).................... 6
- Third abdominal tergite brownish to black (Fig. 1)........................................................... 7
6. Scutellum with three black patches separated by yellow stripes (Fig. 24); oviscape (1.2 mm) shorter than combined length of abdominal tergites (2.34 mm)............................................................ A. ceratitina (Bezzi)
- Scutellum black apically, devoid of yellow stripes; oviscape (2.45 mm) as long as combined length of abdominal tergites (2.48 mm) (Fig. 26)........................................................................ A. striata (Froggatt)
7. Oviscape short (0.85 mm) (Fig. 16); wing with subapical band fused with posterior apical band (Fig. 17)............................................................................ A. breviscapa David, Ramani and Hancock, sp. nov.
- Oviscape longer (1.47 mm) (Fig. 4); wing with subapical band free from posterior apical band (Fig. 6).................................................................................... A. parastriata David and Hancock, sp. nov.
8. Scutellum with broad apical black patches; abdomen without submedial dark patches on tergites III–V.. A. separata (Bezzi)
- Scutellum predominantly yellow with apical black spots (Fig. 23); dark submedial patches present on abdominal tergites III–V (Fig. 17).............................................................................................9
9. Wing with bands in apical areas distinct (Fig. 20); scutellum with distinct black spots (Fig. 23).......... A. bimacula Hardy
- Wing with bands in apical areas indistinct; scutellar spots vestigial or absent.......................... A. distincta (Zia)
description: Published as part of David, K. J., Hancock, D. L. & Ramani, S., 2014, Two new species of Acroceratitis Hendel (Diptera: Tephritidae) and an updated key for the species from India, pp. 411-418 in Zootaxa 3895 (3) on pages 417-418, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3895.3.5, http://zenodo.org/record/231138