A set of multi-entry identification keys to African frugivorous flies (Diptera, Tephritidae)

Massimiliano Virgilio, Ian White, Marc De Meyer


Neoceratitis cyanescens


Genus genus unknown. Key to genera Gen.o.5: sex male or female. Head Gen.h.5: first flagellomere shorter than facial margin, Gen.h.15: ocellar setae present normal to long. Wings Gen.w.5: cell bcu (cup) appendix shorter than base, Gen.w.10: (males) wing banding Ceratitis pattern, Gen.w.15: (males) posterior apical band present complete, Gen.w.20: (females) wing banding Ceratitis pattern, Gen.w.30: (females) posterior apical band present complete. Thorax Gen.t.5: prescutellar setae present, Gen.t.10: basal scutellar setae present, Gen.t.15: anepisternal setae 1, Gen.t.25: scutellum pattern Gen.t.25.5: scutellum apical:different, Gen.t.45: postpronotal lobe unicolor or patterned, Gen.t.50: anepisternal stripe diagonal. Abdomen Gen.a.5: tergites separated. Ecology and distribuion distribution Indian Ocean.