Bactrocera (Bactrocera) caledoniensis Drew, 1989

Leblanc, Luc, 2022, The dacine fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacini) of Oceania, Insecta Mundi 2022 (948), pp. 1-167 : 113

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scientific name

Bactrocera (Bactrocera) caledoniensis Drew, 1989
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Bactrocera (Bactrocera) caledoniensis Drew, 1989 View in CoL

Figure 16 View Figure 16

Distribution. New Caledonia (mainland, Maré, Lifou).

Male lure. Cue-lure.

Host plants. CONVOLVULACEAE : Distimake tuberosus . GENTIANACEAE : Fagraea berteroana . RHIZOPHO- RACEAE: Crossostylis multiflora .

Biology. Rarely collected on the mainland, but abundant on Loyalty Islands ( Amice and Sales 1997a). Monthly trapping data illustrated on Figure 102 View Figure 102 .

Notes. This species is a member of the B. frauenfeldi complex.

Amice R, Sales F. 1997 a. Fruit fly fauna in New Caledonia. p. 68 - 76. 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.

Drew RAI. 1989. The tropical fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacinae) of the Australasian and Oceanian regions. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 26: 1 - 521.

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Figure 16. Bactrocera (Bactrocera) caledoniensis Drew, male. A) Head. B) Head and scutum. C) Abdomen. D) Wing. E) Lateral view.

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Figure 102. Mean (±SE) daily captures of Bactrocera caledoniensis Drew in cue-lure traps maintained in New Caledonia (Maré and Lifou Islands) between January 1996 and December 1998, based on six trapping sites (n = 216, mean FTD = 1.46).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Tephritidae

Genus

Bactrocera