Ceratitis scaevolae (Munro 1929)

Ceratitis (Ceratalaspis) scaevolae (Munro)
Pardalaspis scaevolae Munro, 1929: 394.
Body length: 5.14 (4.60-6.25) mm; wing length: 4.36 (3.85-4.75) mm.

Male
Head. Antenna yellow to yellow-orange. Third antennal segment twice as long as second segment. Arista bare. Frons with short scattered hairs which are largely the same colour as the frons; convex, in lateral view slightly projecting forwards at antennal implant. Face usually yellow-white. Chaetotaxy normal for subgenus. Thorax. Postpronotum white, unspotted. Ground colour of mesonotum pale with slight orange tinge. Chaetotaxy normal for subgenus. Scapular setae usually black, sometimes yellow-reddish (inner) to reddish black. One anepisternal bristle. Scutellum white, with three black markings joined apically; basally no spots. Subscutellum completely dark. Legs yellow; setation typical for subgenus, mainly pale especially on femora. Posterior and posterodorsal rows on fore femur darkish. Wing bands with markings extensively yellow to yellow-brown. Banding, marginal band continuous; cubital band joined with discal band; medial band absent; crossvein r-m well beyond middle of discal cell, vein R1 before crossvein. Crossvein dm-cu posterioly more outwards than anteriorly. Abdomen. Yellow colour. Setation and banding typical for subgenus.
Female
As male except for the following characters:
Posterior and posterodorsal rows on fore femur sometimes less dark; scutellar spots occasionally joined together, forming one large semicircular spot. Oviscape shorter than abdominal terga 3-6 combined.
(Description after De Meyer, 1998)
See description of Ceratitis scaevolae (Munro, 1929) in source PDF.

Ceratitis scaevolae​ ​ 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 1929.

Ceratitis scaevolae 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.