Bactrocera Macquart, 1835

Bactrocera Macquart, 1835: 452 . Type-species: B. longicornis Macquart, 1835, by monotypy.

Dasyneura Saunders, 1842: 60 . Type-species: D. zonata Saunders, 1942, by monotypy.

Strumeta Walker, 1856: 33 . Type-species: S. conformis Walker, 1856 [= Dacus umbrosus Fabricius, 1805], by monotypy.

Chaetodacus Bezzi, 1913: 93 . Type-species: Musca ferruginea Fabricius, 1794 [= Dacus dorsalis Hendel, 1912], by original designation.

Marquesadacus Malloch, 1932: 145 (as subgenus of Dacus). Type-species: Chaetodacus perfuscus Aubertin, 1929, by monotypy.

Apodacus Perkins, 1939: 26 . Type-species: A. cheesmani Perkins, 1939 [= A. cheesmnae Perkins, 1939], by original designation.

Aglaodacus Munro, 1984: 25, Type-species: A. nesiotes Munro, 1984, by original designation.

Mauritidacus Munro, 1984: 25 . Type-species: M. montyanus Munro, 1984, by original designation.

This genus is closely related to Dacus Fabricius, but chiefly differs from the latter by the abdominal tergites not fused. A total more than 500 species are known from the Oriental, Pacific and Australian Regions except for B.

oleae (Rossi, 1790) occurring in southern Europe. In addition, a few of adventives species are found in Hawaii and South America.