Bactrocera (Notodacus) neoxanthodes Drew and Romig, 2001

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Bactrocera (Notodacus) neoxanthodes Drew and Romig, 2001 View in CoL

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Distribution ( Fig. 121 View Figure 121 ). Vanuatu (Torres Islands, Santo, Efate).

Male lure. Isoeugenol, dihydroeugenol (NEW LURE RECORDS). Isoeugenol is the most attractive of the two lures.

Host plants. LECYTHIDACEAE : Barringtonia edulis . PASSIFLORACEAE : Passiflora suberosa .

Notes. This species is a non-pest member species of the Bactrocera xanthodes complex ( Drew et al. 1997). Drew (1989) originally recorded it as B. xanthodes in Vanuatu. Based on its unusual host record, Waterhouse (1993) suspected it might be a separate species, later confirmed by Hoeben et al. (1996) and Drew et al. (1997), who initially included it under B. paraxanthodes ( Drew and Hancock 1995) , and later described it as B. neoxanthodes ( Drew and Romig 2001) .

References

Drew RAI. 1989. The tropical fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacinae) of the Australasian and Oceanian regions. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 26: 1 - 521.

Drew RAI, Hancock DL. 1995. New species, subgenus and records of Bactrocera Macquart from the South Pacific (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacinae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 34: 7 - 11.

Drew RAI, Allwood AJ, Tau D. 1997. Bactrocera paraxanthodes Drew and Hancock - an example of how host records and attractant responses contribute to taxonomic research. p. 131 - 133. In: Allwood AJ, Drew RAI (eds.). Management of fruit flies in the Pacific. ACIAR Proceedings No 76. Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research; Canberra. 267 p.

Drew RAI, Romig M. 2001. The fruit fly fauna (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacinae) of Bougainville, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. Australian Journal of Entomology 40: 113 - 150.

Hoeben P, Daniel LJ, Jing MA, Drew RAI. 1996. The Bactrocera (Notodacus) xanthodes (Broun) species complex (Diptera: Tephritidae): Comparison of 18 S r RNA sequences from Fiji, Tonga and Vanuatu specimens suggest two distinct strains. Australian Journal of Entomology 35: 61 - 64.

Waterhouse DF. 1993. Pest fruit flies in the Oceanic Pacific. p. 4 - 47. In: Waterhouse DF. Biological control. Pacific Prospects. Supplement 2. ACIAR Monograph No 20. 138 p.

Figures

Figure 52. Bactrocera (Notodacus) neoxanthodes Drew and Romig, male. A) Head. B) Head and scutum. C) Abdomen. D) Wing. E) Lateral view.

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.