Bactrocera (Bactrocera)

Leblanc, Luc, 2022, The dacine fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacini) of Oceania, Insecta Mundi 2022 (948), pp. 1-167 : 137

Bactrocera (Bactrocera) species near passiflorae (sensu Drew, 1995)

Figures 63–64

Distribution ( Fig. 103 ). Tonga (Niuas Group). Tuvalu. Tokelau.

Male lure. Cue-lure.

Host plants. Category C polyphagous fruit pest ( Vargas et al. 2015) bred from 20 host species in 17 families. Records in Tonga: ANACARDIACEAE : Anacardium occidentale , Mangifera indica . ANNONACEAE : Cananga odorata . APOCYNACEAE : Ochrosia oppositifolia . CALOPHYLLACEAE : Calophyllum inophyllum . CARI- CACEAE: Carica papaya . COMBRETACEAE : Terminalia catappa , T. litoralis . FABACEAE : Inocarpus fagifer . HERNANDIACEAE : Hernandia nymphaeifolia . LAURACEAE : Persea americana . MALVACEAE : Theobroma cacao . MYRTACEAE : Psidium guajava . PASSIFLORACEAE : Passiflora quadrangularis . RUBIACEAE : Guettarda speciosa . RUTACEAE : Citrus reticulata , C. sinensis . SAPINDACEAE : Pometia pinnata . SOLANACEAE : Solanum melongena . THYMELAEACEAE : Phaleria disperma .

Edible hosts common names. Avocado, cashew, cocoa, common guava, eggplant, giant granadilla, mango, orange, Pacific lychee, papaya, Tahitian chestnut, tangerine, tropical almond.

Notes. Another similar-looking undescribed species ( Fig. 64 ) was bred from Ochrosia oppositifolia and drawn to cue-lure in the northern interior of Viti Levu ( Fiji) ( Tora Vueti et al. 1997a). These two species are also virtually indistinguishable from Bactrocera samoae ( Fig. 77 ), a species not attracted to male lures and only bred from noneconomic hosts in Samoa.

Figures

Figure 63. Bactrocera (Bactrocera) passiflorae (Froggatt) (species near), from Tokelau, male. A) Head. B) Head and scutum. C) Abdomen. D) Wing. E) Lateral view.

Figure 64. Bactrocera (Bactrocera) passiflorae (Froggatt) (species near), from Fiji. A) Head. B) Head and scutum. C) Abdomen, female. D) Abdomen, male. E) Wing. F) Lateral view, female.

Figure 77. Bactrocera (Bactrocera) samoae Drew. A) Head. B) Head and scutum. C) Abdomen, female. D) Abdomen, male. E) Wing. F) Lateral view, male.

Figure 103. Distribution of polyphagous pest fruit flies in Oceania: Bactrocera curvipennis (Froggatt), B. passiflorae (Froggatt), B. passiflorae (species near), B. facialis (Coquillett), and B. melanotus (Coquillett). Photos by Steve Wilson and Gerald McCormak (B. melanotus). Drawing of B. sp. nr. passiflorae from Drew and Hancock (1995).