Bactrocera (Bactrocera) caryeae Kapoor

Drew, R. A. I. & Hancock, D. L., 2022, Biogeography, Speciation and Taxonomy within the genus Bactrocera Macquart with application to the Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel) complex of fruit flies (Diptera Tephritidae: Dacinae), Zootaxa 5190 (3), pp. 333-360 : 347

Bactrocera (Bactrocera) caryeae Kapoor

Dacus (Strumeta) caryeae Kapoor, 1971: 479 . Holotype in NPC.

Dacus (Bactrocera) caryeae — Hardy, 1977: 49.

Bactrocera (Bactrocera) caryeae — Drew & Hancock, 1994: 13; Norrbom et al., 1998: 89.

Common Name: Careya Fruit Fly.

Definition: Face fulvous with a pair of large elongate-oval black spots; postpronotal lobes yellow with fuscous anterodorsal corners; notopleura yellow; scutum black; lateral postsutural yellow vittae narrow and parallel-sided or narrowing slightly posteriorly to end at or just before ia. seta; medial postsutural yellow vitta absent; anepisternal stripe reaching midway between anterior margin of notopleuron and anterior npl. seta dorsally; scutellum yellow with a broad back basal band; legs with femora fulvous with large dark fuscous to black preapical spots on outer surfaces of fore and inner surfaces of mid and hind femora, fore tibiae fuscous, mid tibiae fulvous, hind tibiae dark fuscous; wing with cells bc and c colourless, microtrichia in outer corner of cell c only, a narrow costal band confluent with R 2+3 and remaining narrow around apex of wing, a narrow fuscous anal streak confined within cell bcu, supernumerary lobe of medium development; abdominal terga III-V pale with dark fuscous to black across anterior third to half of tergum III, two broad lateral longitudinal dark fuscous to black bands and a narrow medial longitudinal black band over all three terga, a pair of orange-brown ceromata on tergum V, abdominal sterna dark fuscous to black.

Distribution: Southern India (Karnataka, Kerala, western Tamil Nadu: Ramani et al., 2008).

Hosts:A serious economic pest recorded from seven plant families, including mango, guava, citrus and Syzygium spp ( Allwood et al., 1999; Ramani et al., 2008; Drew & Romig, 2013). The only recorded wild host plant is Careya arborea (Lecythidaceae) ( Ramani et al., 2008).

Attractant: Methyl eugenol.

Comments: Bactrocera caryeae is similar to B. arecae (Hardy & Adachi) and B. kandiensis Drew & Hancock in possessing narrow lateral postsutural yellow vittae and preapical dark markings on at least one pair of femora. It differs from B. arecae in possessing preapical dark markings on all femora and from B. kandiensis in possessing a broad medial and two broad lateral longitudinal dark bands over abdominal terga III-V.