New species and records of Indo-Australasian Dacini (Diptera : Tephritidae)

Twenty four new species of Dacini are described from the Oriental and Austr alasian Regions, viz: B. (Asiadacus) atypica White & Evenhuis, new species, B. (B.) fuscohumeralis White & Evenhuis, new species, B. (B.) grandifascia ta White & Evenhuis, new species, B. (B.) heppneri White, new species, B. ( B.) lacerata White & Evenhuis, new species, B. (B.) nigroscutata White gr E venhuis, new species, B. (B.) pseudocucurbitae White, new species, B. (B.) tortuosa White & Evenhuis, new species, B. (Bulladacus) aceraglans White & Evenhuis, new species, Bactrocera (Bulladacus) aceromata White & Evenhuis, new species, Bactrocera (Bulladacus) obtrullata White & Evenhuis, new speci es, Bactrocera (Bulladacus) warisensis White & Evenhuis, new species, Bactr ocera (Papuodacus) complicata White, new species, B. (Paradacus) magnicauda White & Evenhuis, new species, B. (P.) urens White, new species, B. (Parat ridacus) banneri White, new species, B. (Zeugodacus) assamensis White, new species, B. (Z.) buruensis White, new species, B. (Z.) freidbergi White, ne w species, B. (Z.) fulvoabdominalis White & Evenhuis, new species, B. (Z.) hoedi White, new species, B. (Z.) neoelegantula White, new species, B. (Z.) pura White, new species, Dacus (Callantra) axanthinus White & Evenhuis, ne w species. B. (B.) maculigera Doleschall is removed from synonymy with Dasy neura zonatus Saunders (= B. zonata). Diagnostic notes are presented on 10 other species, most apparently new but not formally described due to a lack of adequate specimens, viz: species near B. (B.) exspoliata (Hering), B. ( B.) musae (Tryon), B. (B.) pernigra Ito, B. (Bulladacus) aceraglans White & Evenhuis, new species, Bactrocera (Hemizeugodacus) arisanica (Shiraki), B. (Tetradacus) pagdeni (Malloch), B. (Zeugodacus) connexa (Hardy), B. (Z.) d iaphora (Hendel), B. (Z.) emittens (Walker), B. (Z.) vultus (Hardy). There is also some discussion of B. (B.) abdonigella (Drew), including a note on the likely identity of Dacus maculosus Walker, nomen nudum, B. (Paratridacu s) unichromata Drew, and B. (Z.) yoshimotoi (Hardy). New distribution data is provided for a further 15 species.