fraterculus (Wiedemann)

Dacus fraterculus Wiedemann, 1830: 524 .

Anastrepha fraterculus: Foote 1982: 48 [record]; Peck 1996: 122 [mode of introduction]; Peck et al. 1998: 228 [introduced species]; Causton et al. 2006: 135 [introduced species].

Distribution. Introduced (Harper et al. 1989). Nearctic, Neotropical; Galápagos: Champion (ICCDRS), Daphne Major (ICCDRS), Fernandina, Floreana (ICCDRS), Marchena (ICCDRS), San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, Seymour (ICCDRS).

Remarks. This is an economically important species in which the larvae feed on healthy fleshy fruit of many species (Foote 1982; Harper et al. 1989; White & Elson-Harris 1992). Adults from Galápagos were reared from larvae collected from the fruit of ‘Rose Apple’ ( Syzygium jambos (L.) Alston) and are a common pest of guava ( Psidium guajava L.) This species mostly inhabits agricultural zones, but also frequents native areas such as Scalesia forests.