Proanoplomus tenompokensis
| Proanoplomus tenompokensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Tephritidae |
| Genus: | Proanoplomus |
| Species: | P. tenompokensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Proanoplomus tenompokensis Hancock, 2008 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
| Synonymy
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Proanoplomus tenompokensis is a species of fruit fly in the family Tephritidae. It is found Malaysia.[1]
Description
The species is known from a single male specimen collected in 1959. The body is 5.5 mm. (0.22 in.) long and the wing is 6 mm. (0.24 in). It is distinguished from the similar species P. cinereofasciatus, P. formosanus, and P. nigroscutellatus by having dark brown to black postpronotal lobes with yellow margins.[1]
Distribution
It has only been found in Sabah, Eastern Malaysia.[1]
Etymology
Part of the label on the holotype says: "British N. Borneo, Tenompok", which is the type locality from which the name is derived.[1] The latin suffix "-ensis" means "pertaining to" or "originating in".[2]
References
- ^ a b c d e Hancock, David L. (2008). "A NEW SPECIES OF PROANOPLOMUS SHIRAKI FROM BORNEO, WITH NOTES ON P. CINEREOFASCIATUS (DE MEIJERE) AND THE ANOPLOMUS GROUP OF GENERA (DIPTERA: TEPHRITIDAE: GASTROZONINI)". Australian Entomologist. 35 (3): 97–106 – via Research Gate.
- ^ "Definition of '-ensis'". Collins Dictionary. Archived from the original on 5 December 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2025.