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A systematic study of Phytalmia (Diptera, Tephritidae) with description of a new genus
Author(s) -
McALPINE DAVID K.,
SCHNEIDER MARGARET A.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
systematic entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.552
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1365-3113
pISSN - 0307-6970
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1978.tb00112.x
Subject(s) - biology , genus , zoology , tribe , tephritidae , key (lock) , synonym (taxonomy) , botany , ecology , pest analysis , anthropology , sociology
The tribe Phytalmiini is defined to include the genera Phytalmia Gerstaecker, Diplochorda Osten Sacken (= Nesadrama Perkins syn.n.) and Sessilina gen.n. (type‐species Dacus nigrilinea Walker), with Ortaloptera Edwards as an outlying member; a key is provided to these genera. The tribe is nearly restricted to the Papuan Subregion; the record of Nesadrama petiolata Hardy from the Philippine Islands is questioned, and this species is synonymized with Diplochorda myrmex Osten Sacken syn.n. Nesadrama longistigma Perkins is a synonym of D.turgida (Walker) syn.n. Keys are provided to the six species of Phytalmia: alcicornis (Saunders), antilocapra sp.n., biarmata Malloch, cervicornis Gerstaecker (= prisca Enderlein syn.n.), megalotis Gerstaecker (= wallacei Saunders syn.n.), mouldsi sp.n.; also the three species of Sessilina, horrida sp.n., literata sp.n., nigrilinea (Walker). The enlarged cheek‐processes may be greatly reduced in P.biarmata and cervicornis . The morphology of the internal reproduction system of mouldsi females is described.