Ceratitis simi Munro 1933

Ceratitis (Ceratalaspis) simi Munro
Ceratitis (Pardalaspis) simi Munro, 1933a: 37.
Body length: 6.38 (5.40-7.15) mm; wing length: 6.24 (5.85-7.25) mm.

Male
Head. Antenna yellow to yellow-orange. Third antennal segment twice as long as second segment. Arista with very short hairs over entire length. Frons with short scattered hairs which are distinctly darker than the frons; concave to flat, in lateral view slightly projecting forwards at antennal implant. Face usually yellow-white, but sometimes somewhat darker, more yellow. Darker patches at lower eye margin, but not always outspoken. Chaetotaxy normal for subgenus. Thorax. Postpronotum white or white-yellow, spotted. Ground colour of mesonotum pale with orange tinge. Chaetotaxy normal for subgenus. Scapular setae black. One or two anepisternal bristles. Scutellum white basally, otherwise yellow with three black separate markings apically; basally two dark but inconspicuous spots. Subscutellum pale with three dark spots, touching along dorsal margin. Legs yellow; setation typical for subgenus, mainly pale especially on femora. Posterior and posterodorsal rows on fore femur pale. Wing bands with markings extensively yellow. Banding, marginal band continuous; cubital band joined with discal band; medial band free; crossvein r-m at middle of discal cell. Crossvein dm-cu position variable. Abdomen. Dark yellow colour. Setation and banding typical for subgenus.
Female
As male except for the following characters:
Scutellum with basal spots more outspoken. Oviscape shorter than abdominal terga 3-6 combined.
(Description after De Meyer, 1998)
See description of Ceratitis simi Munro, 1933 in source PDF.

Ceratitis simi​ ​ 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 1933.

Ceratitis simi 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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