Bactrocera (Bactrocera) kirki ( Froggatt, 1910 )

Leblanc, Luc, 2022, The dacine fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacini) of Oceania, Insecta Mundi 2022 (948), pp. 1-167 : 126-127

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scientific name	Bactrocera (Bactrocera) kirki ( Froggatt, 1910 )
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Bactrocera (Bactrocera) kirki ( Froggatt, 1910) View in CoL

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Distribution ( Fig. 112 View Figure 112 ). Fiji (Rotuma). Futuna. Wallis. Samoa (Savai’i, Manono, Upolu). American Samoa. Tonga (Tongatapu Group, Ha’apai Group, Vava’u Group, Niuas Group). Niue. French Polynesia (Austral Islands, Society Islands, Tuamotu-Gambier Islands; detected 1928).

Male lure. Cue-lure.

Host plants. Category B polyphagous fruit pest ( Vargas et al. 2015) bred from 43 host species in 17 families. Host plants in French Polynesia, Samoa and Tonga: ANACARDIACEAE : Anacardium occidentale , Mangifera indica , Pleiogynium timoriense , Spondias dulcis , S. mombin . ANNONACEAE : Annona muricata , A. reticulata . APOCYNACEAE : Ochrosia oppositifolia . CARICACEAE : Carica papaya . COMBRETACEAE : Terminalia catappa , T. litoralis . ELAEOCARPACEAE : Elaeocarpus tonganus . FABACEAE : Inocarpus fagifer . LAURACEAE : Persea americana . MELIACEAE : Cedrela odorata , Eugenia brasiliensis , E. uniflora , Psidium cattleianum , P. guajava , Syzygium aqueum , S. corynocarpum , S. dealatum , S. gracilipes , S. jambos , S. malaccense , S. neurocalyx , S. richii . OXALIDACEAE : Averrhoa carambola . PASSIFLORACEAE : Passiflora edulis , P. quadrangularis . ROSA- CEAE: Eriobotrya japonica , Prunus persica . RUBIACEAE : Morinda citrifolia . RUTACEAE : Citrus maxima , C. reticulata , C. sinensis , Micromelum minutum . SAPINDACEAE : Pometia pinnata . SAPOTACEAE : Pouteria caimito . SOLANACEAE : Capsicum annuum , C. frutescens , Solanum lycopersicum , S. melongena .

Edible hosts common names. Abiu, avocado, Brazil cherry, cashew, chilli pepper, common guava, custard apple, eggplant, giant granadilla, hog-plum, Jew plum, loquat, Malay-apple, mango, noni, orange, Pacific lychee, papaya, peach, pomelo, purple granadilla, rose-apple, soursop, starfruit, strawberry guava, Surinam cherry, sweet pepper, Tahitian chestnut, tangerine, tomato, tropical almond, watery rose-apple.

Biology. Adults mate late morning to early afternoon, when light intensity is highest (Allwood 1997). Monthly trapping data illustrated on Figure 116 View Figure 116 , and in Litsinger et al. (1991). This species is parasitized by Fopius arisanus in Tonga and Samoa and Pstyttalia fijiensis in Tonga ( Heimoana et al. 1997; Vargas et al. 2012a).

Notes. Heat tolerance of immature stages investigated in Samoa ( Tunupopo et al. 2019).

References

Froggatt WW. 1910. Notes on fruit-flies (Trypetidae) with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 35: 862 - 872.

Heimoana V, Tunupopo F, Toleafoa E, Fakanaiki C. 1997. The fruit fly fauna of Tonga, Western Samoa, American Samoa and Niue. p. 57 - 59. In: Allwood AJ, Drew RAI (eds.). Management of fruit flies in the Pacific. ACIAR Proceedings No 76. Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research; Canberra. 267 p.

Litsinger JA, Fakalata OK, Faluku TL, Crooker PS, von Keyserlingk N. 1991. A study of fruit fly species (Tephritidae) occuring in the Kingdom of Tonga. p. 177 - 190. In: Vijaysegaran S, Ibrahim AG (eds.). First international symposium on fruit flies in the tropics, Kuala Lumpur, 1988. Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 430 p.

Tunupopo F, Sa'ili F, Jamieson LE, Brown SDJ. 2019. Development of heat treatments for two species of Samoan fruit flies (Bactrocera spp., Diptera: Tephritidae). New Zealand Plant Protection 72: 59 - 66.

Vargas RI, Pinero JC, Leblanc L. 2015. An overview of pest species of Bactrocera fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) and the integration of biopesticides with other biological approaches for their management with a focus on the Pacific region. Insects 6: 297 - 318.

Vargas, RI, Leblanc L, Harris EJ, Manoukis NC. 2012 a. Regional suppression of Bactrocera fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) in the Pacific through biological control and prospects for future introductions into other areas of the world. Insects 3: 727 - 742.

Figures

Figure 39. Bactrocera (Bactrocera) kirki (Froggatt). A) Head. B) Head and scutum. C) Abdomen, female. D) Abdomen, male. E) Wing. F) Lateral view, male.

Figure 112. Distribution and invasion history of polyphagous pest fruit flies in the Bactrocera frauenfeldi complex in Oceania: Bactrocera frauenfeldi (Schiner), B. trilineola Drew, B. psidii (Froggatt), and B. kirki (Froggatt). Photos from Steve Wilson.

Figure 116. Mean (±SE) daily captures of Bactrocera kirki (Froggatt) in cue-lure traps maintained: A) in Samoa (Upolu Island) between January 2000 and June 2001, based on 13 trapping sites (n = 225, mean FTD = 10.64), and B) in Tonga (Tongatapu and Vava’u Islands) between January and December 1995 and 1999, based on 10 trapping sites (n = 149, mean FTD = 1.91).