Ceratitis turneri (Munro 1937)

Ceratitis (Ceratalaspis) turneri (Munro)
Pardalaspis turneri Munro, 1937: 5.
Body length: 3.85 (3.75-4.25) mm; wing length: 3.49 (3.85-4.35) mm.

Male
Head. Antenna yellow-orange except third segment brownish. Third antennal segment twice as long as second segment. Arista with short hairs over entire length. Face with upper half darker coloured. Frons with short scattered hairs which are largely the same colour as frons; convex, in lateral view not distinctly projecting forwards at antennal implant. Chaetotaxy normal for subgenus. Thorax. Postpronotum white, unspotted. Ground colour of mesonotum pale, partly with orange tinge (not distinct because of broad dark bands); mesonotal pattern, spots usually confluent forming two broad lateral stripes with white lunule, sometimes less developed. Chaetotaxy normal for subgenus. Scapular setae black, sometimes inner setae pale. One anepisternal bristle. Scutellum white basally, otherwise yellow with three black separate markings apically, not extending more than halfway scutellum (some specimens from Kenya have the spots partly joined); basally without dark spots, only slight darker colouration. Subscutellum completely dark. Legs yellow; setation typical for subgenus, mainly pale especially on femora. Posterior and posterodorsal rows on fore femur pale. Wing bands with yellow areas reduced, mainly dark. Banding, marginal band with clear interruption after cell R1; cubital and medial bands joined with marginal band; crossvein r-m before middle of discal cell. Crossvein dm-cu posteriorly more inwards than anteriorly. Extension cup sometimes weakly sinoid. Abdomen. Brownish colour. Setation and banding typical for subgenus.
Female
As male except for the following characters:
Oviscape shorter than abdominal terga 3-6 combined.
(Description after De Meyer, 1998)
See description of Ceratitis turneri (Munro, 1937) in source PDF.

Ceratitis turneri​ ​ es una especie de insecto del género Ceratitis de la familia Tephritidae del orden Diptera.

Munro la describió científicamente por primera vez en el año 1937.

Ceratitis turneri adalah spesies lalat yang tergolong famili Tephritidae. Spesies ini juga merupakan bagian dari ordo Diptera, kelas Insecta, filum Arthropoda, dan kingdom Animalia.

Kebanyakan anggota spesies ini bertelur dalam jaringan tumbuhan, tempat larva menemukan makanan pertamanya setelah lahir. Lalat dewasa biasanya berumur sangat pendek. Beberapa hidup selama kurang dari seminggu.

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