New Ceratitis species ( Diptera : Tephritidae ) from Africa 3 Results phylum arthropoda Siebold , 1884 Class insecta linnaeus , 1758 order Diptera linnaeus , 1758 Family tephritidae Macquart , 1835 Subfamily Dacinae Schiner , 1864 tribe Ceratitidini Bezzi , 1910 genus Ceratitis Macleay

This paper describes five new Ceratitis species from the eastern and southern parts of the afrotropical region: C. (Pterandrus) quilicii De Meyer, Mwatawala & Virgilio sp. nov.; C. (Ceratalaspis) pallidula De Meyer, Mwatawala & Virgilio sp. nov.; C. (Ceratalaspis) taitaensis De Meyer & Copeland sp. nov.; C. (Ceratalaspis) sawahilensis De Meyer & Virgilio sp. nov.; and C. (Ceratalaspis) flavipennata De Meyer & Virgilio sp. nov. their relationships with closely allied species within their respective subgenera are discussed where appropriate, and diagnostic characters are given. Dna barcodes are provided for all new species. in addition, the hitherto unknown male of C. (Pardalaspis) serrata De Meyer, 1996 is described, based on material collected in the Democratic republic of Congo. recognition of these new species and sexes is the result of an integrative approach using morphological characters and Dna data.


Introduction
Tephritidae are picture-winged flies of variable size and worldwide distribution.Although commonly named "fruit flies", larval development can also take place in other parts of the host plants, including flowers, seeds, leaves and stems.Fruit flies of economic significance were treated by White & Elson-Harris (1994), and the currently acknowledged classification was presented by Norrbom et al. (1999).the genus Ceratitis Macleay, 1829 belongs to the tribe Ceratitidini, which is predominantly an afrotropical group and comprises 95 described species.the larvae of Ceratitis develop in fruit, and several species of agricultural importance are known from this genus including the Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann, 1824)), and the Natal fruit fly (Ceratitis rosa Karsch, 1887).the taxonomy of the different subgenera within the genus Ceratitis has been revised in the last two decades (De Meyer 1996Meyer , 1998Meyer , 2000;;De Meyer & Copeland 2001;De Meyer & Freidberg 2006), and additional descriptions of species were presented after the publication of these revisions (De Meyer & Copeland 2005, 2009).Virgilio et al. (2014) provided an electronic identification key for all known species, as well as for representatives of related genera.the key was recently updated to include the newly described Ceratitis species (available from http://fruitflykeys.africamuseum.be).

Material and methods
the material included in this paper has been studied within the framework of a number of recent fruit fly related projects, including surveying activities in different parts of Africa and integrated pest management (ipM) related collaborative projects in tanzania.During these studies a number of hitherto unknown species were encountered.a case in particular is the description of C. quilicii sp.nov.this is the result of an integrative taxonomic study on a number of cryptic species complexes of economic significance (Hendrichs et al. 2015), including the Ceratitis Far complex (Barr & wiegmann 2009;Virgilio et al. 2008).
Material from the following collections was studied: iCipe = international Centre of insect physiology and ecology, nairobi, Kenya rMCa = royal Museum for Central africa, tervuren, Belgium SanC = South african national Collections, pretoria, South africa SUS = Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South africa taU = tel aviv University, tel aviv, israel ZMUC = Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark in the species descriptions, terminology follows the glossary of white et al. (1999).wing and body (without oviscape for females) length were taken for ten specimens unless less were available, and are given in mm (average and range).Measurements of both sexes were pooled (where applicable) since no sexual difference was noted.images of body parts were taken using a digital camera mounted on a leica MZ12 dissecting microscope and using automontage software (Syncroscopy, UK).Female terminalia were dissected, cleared in potassium hydroxide solution and temporarily mounted in glycerinegelatine for drawings made by camera lucida.a set of Dna sequences were produced for part of the mitochondrial Cytochrome c oxidase subunit i (Coi) and deposited in the Barcode of life Data Systems (BolD, http://www.boldsystems.org)as reference DNA barcodes for the molecular identification of the new species (see Virgilio et al. 2012 for laboratory protocols and discussion).Kimura's two parameter genetic distances (Kimura 1980) between the newly generated Ceratitis Dna barcodes and a selection of 367 reference Dna barcodes deposited in BolD (corresponding to 51 species from all six Ceratitis subgenera) were visualized in a neighbor joining tree. in addition to the above mentioned depositories, the following acronyms are used to indicate institutions where type material is deposited: BMnH = natural History Museum (london, UK) nMK = national Museums of Kenya (nairobi, Kenya) SUa = Sokoine University of agriculture, Department of Crop Science and production (Morogoro,tanzania) USnM = national Museum of natural History, Smithsonian institution (washington DC, USa) head (Fig. 1a).Antenna yellow.First flagellomere in lateral view 2-3 times as long as wide, obtuse apically.arista short to medium pubescent, ventral proximal rays at most twice width of arista at base.two frontal setae, thinner than, and subequal in length to, anterior orbital seta; two orbital setae, anterior orbital longer than posterior one; ocellar seta at least 4 times as long as ocellar triangle; postocellar seta black, shorter than lateral vertical seta.Frons convex, not protruding in lateral view, yellow to yellowish-white.genal seta and setulae black.Face and occiput yellowish-white, the latter somewhat darker dorsally.thorax (Fig. 1b-c).postpronotal lobe white to yellowish-white, without black middle spot around base of postpronotal seta.Scutum ground color greyish to greyish-brown, sometimes with orange tinge; with streaks and darker markings but without distinct spots except pair of separate prescutellar white markings, usually with pale yellowish-white area in between.Setae black.anepisternum on ventral half darker yellowish-brown to brown; with pale pilosity, one anepisternal seta.anatergite and katatergite white.Scutellum yellowish-white, usually with two narrow separate dark brown spots basally, sometimes less distinct; apically with three separate black spots, extending anteriorly to level of or just anterior to basal scutellar seta.Subscutellum black.legs (Fig. 1d, f).Slender; yellow or yellowish-white except where otherwise noted; setation mixed pale and black.Forefemur with dispersed rows of long black setulae posterodorsally, posteroventrally shorter and pale; ventral spine-like setae black.Midfemur with few dispersed pale setulae ventrally; midtibia thin at base, moderately and gradually broadened; anteriorly black with conspicuous silvery shine when viewed from certain angle on distal 0.66 to 0.75 (black color sometimes inconspicuous in teneral specimens but silvery shine is always present), black color usually not reaching ventral and dorsal margins, especially on basal part; with black feathering dorsally along distal 0.75 and ventrally along distal 0.66, occasionally to distal 0.75.Hindfemur at distal 0.25 with longer setulae dorsally and ventrally.
Wing (Fig. 1e).Markings yellowish-brown.anterior apical band, subapical band and discal band present, posterior apical band absent; anterior apical band not touching discal band; subapical band isolated.Cross-vein r-M situated at or just before midlength of cell dm. Brown streaks and spots present in basal cells.
aBdomen.ground colour mainly yellow.tergites 2 and 4 on posterior half with greyish microtrichosity; anterior margin sometimes narrowly brownish colored, especially laterally.tergite 3 with posterior half patchily brownish, anterior half yellowish-brown, both parts not clearly demarcated; sometimes more extensively brown.tergite 5 with basal half brownish, sometimes divided medially by paler spot.

Distribution
Based upon the above listing, C. quilicii sp.nov. is widely distributed throughout southern and eastern Africa with confirmed records from Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania and Zimbabwe.it is also known from réunion island.

Remarks
Ceratitis quilicii sp.nov.belongs to the subgenus Pterandrus and in particular to the Pterandrus section A as defined by Barr & Wiegmann (2009).Within this section, it belongs to the Ceratitis Far complex as defined by Barr & McPheron (2006) and Virgilio et al. (2008).a recent study by Virgilio et al. (2013) recognized five microsatellite genotypic clusters within the complex, two of which correspond with Ceratitis rosa.Further studies including morphometrics, developmental physiology, cuticular hydrocarbons, pheromones and mating incompatibility (De Meyer et al. 2015b and references therein) provided evidence that these two genotypic clusters represent two distinct entities that should be considered separate species.Mwatawala et al. (2015) furthermore presented evidence that the two entities appear to have different environmental requirements, a case that was supported by some of the differences observed by tanga et al. (2015).These studies also confirmed the earlier proposed hypothesis by grout & Stoltz (2007) that C. rosa could actually include two separate entities with different ecological requirements.However, a study along an altitudinal transect in central tanzania (Mwatawala et al. 2015), as well as re-examinations of material housed in natural history collections, have shown that the two species can co-occur in particular areas.
this species is largely identical to C. rosa.only the males can be distinguished by minor differences of the midtibia, C. rosa having a broader midtibia with black coloration reaching the ventral and dorsal margins of the tibia throughout (Fig. 1g), while C. quilicii sp.nov.has a more slender tibia, gradually tapering towards the base, and with the black coloration not reaching the ventral and dorsal margins throughout the full length (Fig. 1f).Females cannot be differentiated currently and, therefore, no female specimens are included in the type series.the description of the female of C. rosa as given in De Meyer & Freidberg (2006) applies to C. quilicii sp.nov.as well.
Ceratitis rosa has been referred to as "R1", "the hot type" or "lowland type" in previous literature regarding the two species, while C. quilicii sp.nov.has been referred to as "R2", "the cold type" or "highland type" (see De Meyer et al. 2015b andHendrichs et al. 2015, andreferences therein).the Dna barcodes produced for five specimens of C. quilicii sp.nov.from tanzania, South africa and la réunion (see table 1 for voucher details and accessions) have a mean p-distance = 0.6% (tamura et al. 2013).as already observed (Virgilio et al. 2008), DNA barcoding does not allow the unambiguous identification of species within the Ceratitis Far complex.C. quilicii sp.nov. is no exception, as it clusters together with vouchers of C. rosa from Kenya and Mozambique (the morphological identification of these latter was verified and confirmed as C. rosa) (Supplementary file).TANZANIA: 1 ♂, Kimani, RtA104, 29 Aug. 1996, A. Freidberg (TAU).

Male
Body length.3.0 (2.72-3.36);wing length: 3.10 (2.80-3.36)mm.head (Fig. 2a).Antenna yellow, first flagellomere in lateral view twice as long as wide; with short acute tip apically.arista short pubescent, ventral proximal rays at most equal to width of arista at base.two frontal setae, thinner than, and subequal in length to, anterior orbital seta; two orbital setae, anterior orbital longer than posterior one; ocellar seta about 3 times as long as ocellar triangle; postocellar seta black, shorter than lateral vertical seta.Frons convex, not protruding in lateral view; yellow-white.genal seta pale, genal setulae mixed yellow and dark.Face and occiput white.thorax (Fig. 2b-c).postpronotal lobe yellowish-white, without black middle spot around base of postpronotal seta.Scutum ground colour shining pale yellow to yellow-orange, with pale pilosity/ microtrichosity; distinct paired black spot situated between dorsocentral and prescutellar acrostichal setae, (almost) touching, but not engulfing prescutellar acrostichal seta, posteriorly with prescutellar white semi-circular or similar marking; indistinct to distinct black spot near mesal end of transverse suture; occasionally additional black medial spot at level of transverse suture; lateral margins of scutum with black spots reduced, only paired spot on posterior lateral corner well developed.Setae black, except scapulars white.pleura yellow-white.anepisternum dorsal margin narrowly white, ventral half sometimes darker yellow, one anepisternal seta.anatergite white, rarely with irregular black spot.Scutellum yellowish-white, apical margin with three large separate black spots, anteriorly extending to level of basal scutellar setae; with two brown to blackish, round submedial spots basally.Subscutellum black, sometimes more yellow submedially on ventral part.Wing (Fig. 2e).Markings yellow to yellowish-brown.anterior apical band, subapical band and discal band present, posterior apical band absent; anterior apical band touching discal band; subapical band isolated.Cross-vein r-M at about basal third of cell dm. Brown streaks and spots present in basal cells.

Female
Unknown.

Host plants
Unknown.

Remarks
while this species was until recently unknown, it has been found in relatively high numbers (up to 400 flies/trap/week) through trapping activities using enriched ginger oil (EGOlure, Insect Science, tzaneen South africa) in central tanzania (Mwatawala et al. 2013; referred to as 'C.near cosyra').the first identification placed this as small specimens of C. cosyra (walker, 1849) but the morphological differences in mesonotal pattern and genetic differentiation of Dna barcodes (table 1; Supplementary file) indicated this was not the case.Afterwards, additional specimens were trapped in other countries and it appears to be present throughout a wide range.the species is similar to C. cosyra but can be readily differentiated by the absence of a black spot on the postpronotal lobe and the much smaller size.it also resembles C. quinaria (Bezzi, 1918) and C. silvestrii Bezzi, 1912 in general appearance but can be differentiated from the former by the three apical spots on the scutellum (five spots in C. quinaria) and from both by the presence of a black spot near the prescutellar acrostichal seta (absent in both C. quinaria and C. silvestrii).RMCA, see Supplementary file); 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 10 Jul.2012, CHIESA coll.Nr 261; 33 ♂♂, 37 ♀♀, 22 Aug. 2012, CHieSa coll.nr 269, all r.S. Copeland, reared from Lepidotrichilia volkensii (gürke) leroy.

Male
Body length.5.61 (5.04-6.08)mm; wing length: 6.20 (5.68-6.88)mm.head (Fig. 3a).Antenna yellow.First flagellomere in lateral view twice as long as wide; obtuse apically.arista short to medium pubescent, ventral proximal rays at most twice width of arista at base.one frontal seta, thinner than, and subequal in length to, anterior orbital seta; two orbital setae, anterior seta longer than posterior one; ocellar seta about 3-4 times as long as ocellar triangle; postocellar seta black, shorter than lateral vertical seta.Frons convex, not protruding in lateral view; yellow to orange, with greyish microtrichosity on posterior half.gena broader than in other Ceratitis species (maximum diameter of eye versus height of gena 2.5-3.0),genal seta and genal setulae yellow, latter sometimes blackish.
thorax (Fig. 3b-c).postpronotal lobe yellowish-white to white; with black middle spot around base of postpronotal seta.Scutum ground colour shining yellow-brown to dark brown, with silvery microtrichosity covering most of dorsum, except circular area posterior to mesal end of transverse suture and in trapezoid area extending posteriorly from dorsocentral setae to anterior margin of scutellum, and narrowly along lateral margins; sublaterally the microtrichosity extends posteriorly to the intralar seta; narrow area along anterior margin, extending posteriorly along midline and posterior of postpronotal lobe, with less dense microtrichosity.anepisternum yellowish-white, lower margin darker; with pale pilosity, one anepisternal seta.Scutellum yellowish-white, with three yellow-brown spots restricted to apical margin and ventral side; area between spots darker yellowish coloured.Subscutellum entirely brown to black.legs.Slender; yellow to yellowish-orange, tarsi sometimes slightly paler than rest of leg; with dispersed pale pilosity.Forefemur with dark brown ventral spine-like setae.Hindfemur at distal 0.25 with dark brown setae dorsally.
Wing (Fig. 3e).Markings brownish to yellowish-brown. of typical bands, only anterior apical band distinct, including pterostigma and area posterior of pterostigma to vein r4+5; furthermore with brownish spot covering area surrounding cross-vein r-M (i.e., apical margin of cell br) and basal third of cell r4+5, continued in apical half of cell dm and anterior third of cell m, also broadly fused with anterior apical band; additional small marks in middle of cell cu 1 and basal part of cell m.Cross-vein r-M at or just beyond midlength of cell dm. Brown streaks and spots present in basal cells but poorly developed.

Female
as male except for the following characters: gena less broad (maximum eye diameter to gena height ratio less than 2.5).wing with well developed bands as in other Ceratitis species (Fig. 3f): discal band interrupted in cell dm; anterior apical band and discal band separated or only narrowly touching; subapical band narrowly touching anterior part of discal band; posterior apical band isolated.oviscape orange, with dispersed dark brown to black pilosity.tergal-oviscapal ratio (= length of abdominal tergites 1-5 versus length of oviscape): 1.5-2.Aculeus (Fig. 3g-h) flattened, 7-8 times longer than broad, apex bifurcated, and with pair of subapical protuberances.

Distribution
Kenya.

Remarks
Ceratitis whartoni was described by De Meyer & Copeland (2009) from forested areas in the Central Highlands of Kenya (gatamayu Forest, nyanduma Forest, Mt.Kenya Forest), all reared from fruits of Lepidotrichilia volkensii (Meliaceae).it was an enigmatic species because of the dimorphic wing pattern, with that of the male largely differing from the standard wing banding found in most other Ceratitis species.a series of specimens reared from the same host plant collected in taita Hills (approximately 400 km southeast of the nearest site of C. whartoni) are morphologically almost identical, with only slight differences in wing pattern and female aculeus (male wing with dark marking in cell dm occupying more than half of cell in C. whartoni, less than half in C. taitaensis sp.nov.; female wing with discal band complete in C. whartoni, partially interrupted in cell dm in C. taitaensis sp.nov.; aculeus with bifurcated apex more slender in C. taitaensis sp.nov.(less than one-third of entire width) and invagination less deep than in C. whartoni).However, the analysis of the available Dna barcodes of C. whartoni (table 1; Supplementary file) revealed remarkable genetic differentiation from C. taitaensis sp.nov.(p-distance = 8.5%). it was, therefore, decided to recognize this as a separate species.the taita Hills are a chain of forested mountain tops surrounded by the flat and dry Tsavo Plains.They form the northernmost mountainous massif of the eastern arc Mountains, a chain of ancient crystalline mountains (Burgess et al. 2007) and are considered a major biodiversity hotspot (Meyers et al. 2000).we place this species in the subgenus Ceratalaspis for the same reasons as outlined in De Meyer & Copeland (2009) regarding the placement of C. whartoni.Fig. 4 Etymology the name is considered as an adjective derived from a geographical name, the arabic word 'sawahil' being the plural of 'sahil', which means border or coast and refers to the Swahili Coast, which was recognized as a historical cultural and geographic entity comprising the localities of Zanzibar and Mkuranga, where the type series was collected.

Paratypes
TANZANIA: 1 ♂, same date and locality as holotype; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Zanzibar, 7 Feb.2000, Z. Seguni (1 ♀ barcoded, see Table 1; Supplementary file), (RMCA); 1 ♂ (Fig. 4f), Magombero Forest, 14-15 Sep.  head (Fig. 4a).Antenna yellow-orange, first flagellomere in lateral view 3 times as long as wide, obtuse or with short acute tip dorsoapically.arista medium pubescent, ventral proximal rays at most 3 times width of arista at base.two frontal setae, thinner than, and subequal in length to, anterior orbital seta; two orbital setae, anterior orbital longer than posterior one; ocellar seta at least 4 times as long as ocellar triangle; postocellar seta black, shorter than lateral vertical seta.Frons convex, not protruding in lateral view; yellow-white, in between frontal setae more yellowish.genal seta and genal setulae dark brown to reddish-pale.Face and occiput yellowish-white, latter slightly darker dorsally.thorax (Fig. 4b-c).postpronotal lobe white, without black middle spot around base of postpronotal seta.Scutum ground colour shining yellow-brown to brown, sometimes with more orange tinge, with greyish pilosity and microtrichosity; with slightly darker streaks but no distinct black spots, except paired prescutellar spot extending anteriorly to dorsocentral seta, posteriorly with paired white to yellow prescutellar semi-circular marking, separated by yellowish-white area in between; at mesal end of transverse suture with shining brownish to blackish spot.Setae black.pleura yellow to brownishyellow.anepisternum dorsal half white, ventral half yellow; completely covered with pale pilosity, one anepisternal seta.anatergite and katatergite white.Scutellum yellowish-white to white, sometimes with yellowish tinge; apical margin with three separate black spots, extending to level of basal scutellar setae; with distinct brown-black spots basally, sometimes less pronounced and only darker yellowbrown colour.Subscutellum black.legs.Slender; yellow; with dispersed mixed pale and dark pilosity.Forefemur ventral spine-like setae black along distal 0.50, basally more pale.
Wing (Fig. 4e).Markings yellow to yellow-brown.anterior apical band, subapical band, discal band and posterior apical band present, latter sometimes only as a trace; anterior apical band touching discal band; subapical band and posterior apical band isolated.Cross-vein r-M situated at or basal to midlength of anterior margin of cell dm. Brown streaks and spots present in basal cells.aBdomen (Fig. 4d).ground colour yellow.tergites 2 and 4 more greyish along posterior half; tergites 3 and 5 with, respectively, posterior and anterior margin narrowly more darkly yellow.with mixed pale and dark pilosity.Female as male.oviscape shorter than preabdomen.aculeus (Fig. 4g-h) about 8-9 times longer than wide; apical part sinuous, tip blunt and with distinct indentation.

Distribution
tanzania.

Host plants
Unknown.

Remarks
the relationship of C. sawahilensis sp.nov. to any of the other described Ceratitis species is not easily established.although there is a slight partial darkening of the abdominal tergites 3 and 5, the male legs are without modifications.The neighbor-joining tree (Supplementary file) does not place it in any resolved cluster.we tentatively place it in the subgenus Ceratalaspis pending further clarifications on its subgeneric position.De Meyer & Virgilio sp. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:72C8DD57-0FD1-4B48-96Fa-881BFDDBa205Fig. 5 Etymology after the latin 'flavus' meaning yellow and 'pennatus' meaning feathered, and referring to the yellow feathering on the midtibia.the species name should be treated as an adjective.head (Fig. 5a).Antenna yellow, first flagellomere in lateral view 3 times as long as wide, obtuse apically.arista short to medium pubescent, ventral proximal rays at most twice width of arista at base.two frontal setae, thinner than, and subequal in length to, anterior orbital seta; two orbital setae, anterior orbital longer than posterior one; ocellar seta about 3 times as long as ocellar triangle; postocellar seta black, shorter than lateral vertical seta.Frons convex, not protruding in lateral view; yellow.genal seta and genal setulae pale to dark orange.Face yellow-white, occiput yellow.thorax (Fig. 5b-c).postpronotal lobe yellow-orange, slightly paler than scutum; without distinct black middle spot around base of postpronotal seta but with darker irregular marking near seta.Scutum ground colour shining orange to orange-brown, with pale pilosity/microtrichosity; with distinct small black spot near mesal end of transverse suture; otherwise no distinct black marking on central part of scutum; paired separate prescutellar semi-circular white markings posterior of prescutellar acrostichal seta.Setae black, except scapulars red brown.pleura yellow-orange to yellow-brown.anepisternum dorsal margin narrowly white, ventral third to half more brownish; one anepisternal seta.anatergite yellow-white, with irregular black marking; katatergite yellow-white.Scutellum yellowish-white, apical margin with three separate black spots, extending anteriorly beyond basal scutellar seta; without distinct black spots basally, at most with slightly darker marking.Subscutellum yellow with three black spots of which the upper margin is confluent, thereby forming single black band.legs (Fig. 5e).Slender; yellow to yellow-orange; with dispersed yellow-orange pilosity.Forefemur with orange ventral spine-like setae, posterodorsally and posteriorly with several rows of longer yelloworange setae, producing bushy appearance.Midtibia with yellow-orange feathering dorsally along distal 0.45 and ventrally along distal 0.30.

Holotype
Wing (Fig. 5f).Markings yellow to yellow-brown.anterior apical band, subapical band, posterior apical band and discal band present; anterior apical band not touching discal band; subapical band touching discal band; posterior apical band touching anterior apical band.Cross-vein r-M situated just beyond midlength of cell dm. Brown streaks and spots present in basal cells.aBdomen (Fig. 5d).ground colour yellow to orange, pale and brown setulae.tergites 2 and 4 along posterior margin slightly more greyish.

Remarks
Ceratitis flavipennata sp.nov.resembles Ceratitis neostictica De Meyer, 1998 in the pilosity of the forefemur and feathering on the midtibia.it can be differentiated from the latter by the differences in wing banding (posterior apical band touching anterior apical band in flavipennata sp.nov., separate in neostictica; subapical band touching discal band in flavipennata sp.nov., separate in neostictica) and the pattern of the scutum (extensive black markings in neostictica, largely absent in flavipennata sp.nov.).like C. neostictica, C. flavipennata sp.nov. is placed in the subgenus Ceratalaspis based on the colouration of the abdominal tergites (predominantly yellow to orange, no distinct black transverse bands).Based on its Dna barcode it does not cluster with any other species within the genus Ceratitis (see Supplementary file).De Meyer, 1996 Fig. 6 Material examined Holotype DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: ♀, Yangambi, 17 Nov. 1960, J.M. McGough (TAU).

Description
Male head (Fig. 6a-b).Antenna orange.First flagellomere in lateral view 2-3 times as long as wide, obtuse apically.arista short pubescent, ventral proximal rays at most equal to width of arista at base.two frontal setae, thinner than, and equal in length, to anterior orbital seta; two orbital setae, anterior orbital longer than posterior one; ocellar seta 3-4 times as long as ocellar triangle; postocellar seta black, shorter than lateral vertical seta.Frons flattened, slightly protruding in lateral view, completely covered with silvery shine.genal seta and setulae black.Face orange, occiput yellowish.thorax (Fig. 6c-d).postpronotal lobe greyish to greyish-yellow, without black middle spot around base of postpronotal seta.Scutum ground color greyish-brown, sometimes with golden orange tinge; with streaks and darker markings but without distinct spots except for darkish spot around prescutellar acrostichal seta, and pale prescutellar semi-circular marking along posterior margin near prescutellar acrostichal seta.Setae black; setulae mainly pale; black setulae restricted to area at mesal end of tranverse suture extending posteriorly to prescutellar acrostical and dorsocentral setae.anepisternum ventral half brownish, dorsal half more greyish, completely covered with black pilosity, except for horizontal stripe below dorsal margin with white pilosity; three anepisternal setae.anatergite and katatergite brownish.Scutellum dark yellowish, apical margin with three separate black spots, anteriorly extending anteriorly beyond basal scutellar setae; with two large roundish black spots basally.Subscutellum black.legs.Slender; yellow-orange, midfemur more brownish; with dispersed and mainly black pilosity.Forefemur with ventral setae black.
Wing.Markings dark brown.anterior apical band, subapical band and discal band present, posterior apical band absent; anterior apical band touching discal band; subapical band isolated.Cross-vein r-M situated at midlength of cell dm. Brown streaks and spots present in basal cells.aBdomen (Fig. 6e).ground colour mainly greyish to pale orange; with darker spots on all tergites.with mixed pale and black pilosity.