Bactrocera (Paratridacus) melania ( Hardy and Adachi, 1954 )

Leblanc, Luc, Hossain, M. Aftab, Momen, Mahfuza & Seheli, Kajla, 2021, New country records, annotated checklist and key to the dacine fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacinae: Dacini) of Bangladesh, Insecta Mundi 2021 (880), pp. 1-56 : 13

Bactrocera (Paratridacus) melania ( Hardy and Adachi, 1954)

(= Dacus aptatus Hardy 1973 )

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Distribution. Singapore ( Hardy and Adachi 1954), China ( Norrbom et al. 1999), Indonesia, Malaysia (Peninsular), Thailand ( Drew and Romig 2013), Bangladesh (NEW COUNTRY RECORD).

Bangladesh records. Two females and one male emerged from an infested fruit, intercepted in March 2020 from a traveler arriving from Bangladesh, by USDA-APHIS quarantine inspectors in the United States. Specimens deposited in UHIM.

Male lure. No known lure.

Host plants. Garcinia dulcis (Roxb.) Kurz , G. xanthochymus Hook. f. ex T. Anderson ( Clusiaceae ) ( Allwood et al. 1999).

Figures

Figure 11. Bactrocera (Paratridacus) melania (Hardy and Adachi). A) Head B) Head and scutum. C) Abdomen, female. D) Abdomen, male. E) Wing, male. F) Lateral view, male.