Bactrocera (Bactrocera) latifrons ( Hendel, 1915 )

Korneyev, S. V., Hauser, M., Borkent, C., Maples, B. K., Roubtsova, T. V., Zangpo, T., Dorji, S., Chophel, S., Dorji, N., Tsomo, Dendup, U., Dawa, K., Dorji, L., Dhimal, C. Mani, Kinley, R., Dorji, U., Dema, Y., Korneyev, V. A. & Gaimari, S. D., 2023, The Fruit Flies (Diptera, Tephritidae) In Bhutan: New Faunistic Records And Compendium Of Fauna, Zoodiversity 57 (2), pp. 93-124 : 97-98

Bactrocera (Bactrocera) latifrons ( Hendel, 1915) ( fig. 2 )

Material. Wangdue Phodrang, 5.8 km S Alla, Royal Orchard , 27.298° N, 89.968° E, 800 m, 18.08.2018, hand collecting, 1 ♀, CSCA18 L163 ( FFP17 TB061) (M. Hauser leg.) ; Wangdue Phodrang, Bajo , ARDC orchards, 27.490° N, 89.900° E, 1230 m, hand collecting, 15.08.2017, 1 ♀ ( FFP17 BT114) (C. Borkent & Hauser leg.) ; 21– 28.08.2017, Multilure , 1 ♀, FFP17 BT018 ( BHNPPC) ; Sarpang , 6.8 km NW Gelephu, ARDC orchard, 400 m, 26.910° N, 90.433° E, 23– 27.08.2017, Methyl isoeugenol, 1 ♀, FFP17 BT139 (C. Borkent & Hauser leg.) .

Male lure. Latilure (alpha-ionol and cade oil) ( McQuate and Peck, 2001).

Host plants. Recorded for at least the 59 fruit-bearing plant taxa, belonging to 25 genera in 13 families, with recorded field ( Leblanc et al., 2021; McQuate & Liquido, 2022). Significant pest of fruits of Capsicum and Solanum species ( Drew & Romig, 2013).

D i s t r i b u t i o n. Bangladesh ( Leblanc et al., 2013), Bhutan (first record), Brunei, China (Fujian, Hainan, Hong Kong, Yunnan), India (Bihar, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal), Indonesia (Kalimantan, Sulawesi), Laos, Malaysia (peninsular), Myanmar, Pakistan, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam; introduced Hawaii, Japan (Okinawa), Kenya, Tanzania ( Drew & Romig, 2013; Vargas et al., 2015).

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Fig. 2. Bactrocera (Bactrocera) latifrons ♀: a —dorsal view; b — wing; c —left-side lateral view; d — head, anterior view; e —posterodorsal view.