Bactrocera Macquart, 1835

Zhou, Li-Bing, Chen, Xiao-Lin, Deng, Yu-Liang & Wang, Shao-Jun, 2013, Description of a new species and record of Bactrocera Macquart (Diptera, Tephritidae) from China, Zootaxa 3647 (1), pp. 194-200 : 195

Bactrocera Macquart, 1835

Bactrocera Macquart, 1835: 452 . Type-species: B. longicornis Macquart, 1835 , by monotypy.

Dasyneura Saunders, 1842: 60 . Type-species: D. zonata Saunders, 1942 , by monotypy.

Strumeta Walker, 1856: 33 . Type-species: S. conformis Walker, 1856 [= Dacus umbrosus Fabricius, 1805 ], by monotypy.

Chaetodacus Bezzi, 1913: 93 . Type-species: Musca ferruginea Fabricius, 1794 [= Dacus dorsalis Hendel, 1912 ], by original designation.

Marquesadacus Malloch, 1932: 145 (as subgenus of Dacus ). Type-species: Chaetodacus perfuscus Aubertin, 1929 , by monotypy.

Apodacus Perkins, 1939: 26 . Type-species: A. cheesmani Perkins, 1939 [= A. cheesmnae Perkins, 1939 ], by original designation.

Aglaodacus Munro, 1984: 25 , Type-species: A. nesiotes Munro, 1984 , by original designation.

Mauritidacus Munro, 1984: 25 . Type-species: M. montyanus Munro, 1984 , by original designation.

This genus is closely related to Dacus Fabricius , but chiefly differs from the latter by the abdominal tergites not being fused. More than 500 species are known from the Oriental, Pacific, Australian and Afrotropical Regions, with B. oleae (Rossi, 1790) also occurring in southern Europe. A few of adventives species are found in Hawaii and South America.