Bactrocera (Bactrocera) tuberculata (Bezzi)

Drew, R. A. I., Romig, M. C. & Dorji, C., 2007, Records Of Dacine Fruit Flies And New Species Of Dacus (Diptera: Tephritidae) In Bhutan, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 55 (1), pp. 1-21 : 5

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5331152
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5398858
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scientific name	Bactrocera (Bactrocera) tuberculata (Bezzi)
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Bactrocera (Bactrocera) tuberculata (Bezzi) View in CoL

Chaetodacus tuberculatus Bezzi, 1916: 106 View in CoL . Holotype male in BMNH.

Bactrocera (Bactrocera) tuberculata View in CoL – Liang et al., 1993: 138; Norrbom et al., 1998: 96.

Material examined. – BHUTAN: 3 males (6 May.2000) , 6 males (13 May.2000), 6 males (20 May.2000), 11 males (27 May.2000), 5 males (2 Jun.2000), Phuentsholing, coll. S. Thapa; 1 male, Rimchu 1, 28. Jun.2000 , coll. C. Dorji; 1 male (17 May.2000), 1 male (21 Jun.2000), Rimchu 2, coll. C. Dorji; 5 males, Suntalay , 15 May.2000 , coll. S. Wangdi, T. Dorji & S. Dorji ; 3 males, Suntalay , 5 Jun.2000 , coll. S.D., T.D. & S.W .; 1 male, Suntalay , Tsirang, 11 Nov.2004 , coll. Karma Dukpa; 1 male, Samdrup Jongkhar District, 5 Dec.2004 , coll. Wangdi. All specimens attracted to methyl eugenol. Specimens in NPPC and QDPI .

Diagnosis. – Face fulvous with a pair of medium sized circular black spots; scutum entirely black, postpronotal lobes and notopleura yellow, mesopleural stripe reaching almost to anterior npl. seta dorsally, a pair of broad parallel sided lateral postsutural vittae ending behind ia. seta, medial postsutural vitta absent; setae: sc. 2; prsc. 2; ia. 1; p.sa. 1; a.sa. 1; mpl. 1; npl. 2; scp. 4; scutellum yellow except for a narrow black basal band; legs with all segments entirely fulvous; wings with cells bc and c colourless and entirely devoid of microtrichia, a narrow pale fuscous costal band confluent with R 2+3 and ending at extremity of this vein, a small fuscous spot around apex of R 4+5, a very narrow pale fuscous cubital streak, supernumerary lobe weak; abdominal terga III-V entirely black.

Attractant. – Methyl eugenol.

Distribution. – Myanmar, Southwest China. New record for Bhutan.

Hosts. – A range of commercial and wild hosts (see Allwood et al., 1999).

Remarks. – This species is unique in having a black scutum, abdominal terga III-V entirely black, wing with costal band terminating at apex of R 2+3 and a small fuscous spot around apex of R 4+5. It is not known to be a pest species.