Zeugodacus (Zeugodacus) diversus ( Coquillett, 1904 )

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 : 41

Zeugodacus (Zeugodacus) diversus ( Coquillett, 1904)

(= Dacus quadrifidus Hendel, 1928 , Dacus latifae Anwar Cheema, 1964 , Dacus citronellae Kapoor and Katiyar, 1969 )

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Distribution. India, Sri Lanka ( Coquillett 1904), China, Nepal, Thailand ( Norrbom et al. 1999), Pakistan, Vietnam ( Drew and Romig 2013), Bangladesh ( Kabir et al. 1991).

Bangladesh records. 227 specimens. CHATTOGRAM DIVISION: Khagrachari Hill District. DHAKA DIVI- SION: Dhaka and Narsingdi Districts. RAJSHAHI DIVISION: Natore District. SYLHET DIVISION: Moulvibazar District.

Male lure. Poorly captured in methyl eugenol and zingerone baited traps, but strongly attracted to methyl-isoeugenol ( Royer et al. 2018).

Host plants. Bred from flowers of nine species of Cucurbitaceae ( Allwood et al. 1999) . Liquido et al. (2019) reported that it is also known to secondarily feed on and damage cucurbit fruits as well, and list 13 hosts in 10 genera and four families for this species.

Note. Molla et al. (2000) studied the detailed life history and documented the seasonal prevalence of Z. diversus in Bangladesh.

Figures

Figure 30. Zeugodacus (Zeugodacus) diversus (Coquillett). A) Head, female. B) Head, male. C) Head and scutum. D) Abdomen, female.E) Abdomen, male.F) Wing.G) Distribution in Bangladesh.H) Lateral view, female.I) Lateral view, male.