Proanoplomus tenompokensis

Proanoplomus tenompokensis is a species of fruit fly in the family Tephritidae. It is found Malaysia.^[1]

Proanoplomus tenompokensis
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 Proanoplomus cinereofasciatus Hardy, 1988 Pardalaspinus cinereofasciatus Hancock & Drew, 1994 Ceratitoides cinereofasciatus Hancock, 1999 Proanoplomus cinereofasciatus Kovac et al., 2006

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]