Bactrocera (Notodacus)

Leblanc, Luc, 2022, The dacine fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacini) of Oceania, Insecta Mundi 2022 (948), pp. 1-167 : 135

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scientific name	Bactrocera (Notodacus)
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Bactrocera (Notodacus) View in CoL new species # 1 near paraxanthodes

Distribution ( Fig. 121 View Figure 121 ). Samoa (Savai’i).

Male lure. No known lure.

Host plants. ARALIACEAE : Meryta sp. CALOPHYLLACEAE : Mammea glauca . MORACEAE : Ficus sp.

Notes. This species is an undescribed non-pest member species of the Bactrocera xanthodes complex ( Drew et al. 1997). Originally treated as Samoan populations of B. paraxanthodes ( Drew and Hancock 1995) , it was subsequently referred to as B. sp. n. No. 1 (near paraxanthodes ) in Drew et al. (1997) and Hancock and Drew (2017a).

References

Drew RAI, Hancock DL. 1995. New species, subgenus and records of Bactrocera Macquart from the South Pacific (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacinae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 34: 7 - 11.

Drew RAI, Allwood AJ, Tau D. 1997. Bactrocera paraxanthodes Drew and Hancock - an example of how host records and attractant responses contribute to taxonomic research. p. 131 - 133. 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.

Hancock DL, Drew RAI. 2017 a. A review of the Pacific Islands subgenus Notodacus Perkins of Bactrocera Macquart (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacinae). Australian Entomologist 44: 113 - 120.

Figures

Figure 121. Distribution and invasion and eradication history of fruit flies in the Bactrocera xanthodes complex in Oceania: Bactrocera paraxanthodes Drew and Hancock, B. neoxanthodes Drew and Romig, B. xanthodes (Broun), and undescribed species near B. paraxanthodes in Samoa. Photos of B. neoxanthodes and B. xanthodes by Steve Wilson.