Dacus (Lophodacus) blepharogaster Bezzi Dacus blepharogaster Bezzi, 1917: 68 Didacus zavattarianus Hering, 1952: 93 Other combinations: White (2006: 118) Material. KENYA: 1 female, Nyanza, Gembe Hills, 1362m., 0o 29.36S, 34 o 14.60E, 27.iv. – 11.v.2006, malaise trap, R.S. Copeland (BMNH). Remarks. This is both new to Kenya and the first known female. The wing has a complete costal band, similar to the holotype of D. blepharogaster. Unlike both holotype males, the mid- and hindfemora are distinctly bicoloured, being almost black in the apical third. The abdomen differs in having a distinct black midline on terga IV and V; tergite IV is largely black with indistict red-brown areas posteriorly either side of the midline; tergite V is distinctly red-brown either side of the midline, implying a similarity to the description of the lost abdomen of the holotype of D. zavattarianus. The aculeus is well exposed; it lacks any torsion and is shaped like D. brevis Coquillett, 1901.

Published as part of White, Ian M. & Goodger, Kim F. M., 2009, African Dacus (Diptera: Tephritidae); New Species and Data, with Particular Reference to the Tel Aviv University Collection, pp. 1-49 in Zootaxa 2127 on page 28, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.274925