Bactrocera (Notodacus)

Leblanc, Luc, 2022, The dacine fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacini) of Oceania, Insecta Mundi 2022 (948), pp. 1-167 : 135

Bactrocera (Notodacus) new species # 1 near paraxanthodes

Distribution ( Fig. 121 ). Samoa (Savai’i).

Male lure. No known lure.

Host plants. ARALIACEAE : Meryta sp. CALOPHYLLACEAE : Mammea glauca . MORACEAE : Ficus sp.

Notes. This species is an undescribed non-pest member species of the Bactrocera xanthodes complex ( Drew et al. 1997). Originally treated as Samoan populations of B. paraxanthodes ( Drew and Hancock 1995) , it was subsequently referred to as B. sp. n. No. 1 (near paraxanthodes ) in Drew et al. (1997) and Hancock and Drew (2017a).

Figures

Figure 121. Distribution and invasion and eradication history of fruit flies in the Bactrocera xanthodes complex in Oceania: Bactrocera paraxanthodes Drew and Hancock, B. neoxanthodes Drew and Romig, B. xanthodes (Broun), and undescribed species near B. paraxanthodes in Samoa. Photos of B. neoxanthodes and B. xanthodes by Steve Wilson.