Bactrocera (Daculus) oleae ( Rossi, 1790 )

El-Hawagry, Magdi S., 2017, Catalogue of Egyptian Tephritoidea (Diptera: Schizophora: Acalyptratae), Zootaxa 4299 (2), pp. 151-190 : 161

Bactrocera (Daculus) oleae ( Rossi, 1790)

Musca oleae Rossi 1790: 317 . Unspecified type. Italy (Tuscany: Provinces of Firenze & Pisa) (?ZMHB). [Dr Valery Korneyev (personal communication) noted that he revised this collection in 2015 and found that it does not contain original Rossi specimens of B. oleae .]

Musca oleae Gmelin, 1790: 2844 . Unspecified type. France (S. France: Gallia Meridionali) ; Italy (Unknown type depository). Junior primary homonym (preoccupied by Rossi 1790).

Musca oleae Petagna 1792: 685 . Unspecified type. Italy (Calabria) (Unknown type depository). Junior primary homonym (preoccupied by Rossi 1790).

Dacus oleae var. flaviventris Guercio, 1900: 35 . Syntypes. Italy (Nella Stessa Provincia & Calabria). ( Unknown type depository).

Dacus oleae var. funesta Guercio, 1900: 35 . Unspecified type. Italy (locality not given) (Unknown type depository).

Dacus oleae var. asiatica Silvestri, 1916: 425 . Syntypes. Pakistan ( Cherat ) ( IZUSN).

Distribution. AF: Angola, Eritrea, Kenya, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Sudan. AU: Australia. NE: USA

(California). OR: India, Pakistan. PA: Canary Is., Caucasus, Egypt, Europe, Middle East, North Africa, Syria,

Jordan, Turkey.

Egyptian localities. Coastal Strip: Burg El-Arab, El-Maamoura, Mariout, Mersa Matrouh, Mex. Gebel Elba:?.

Lower Nile Valley and Delta: Giza, Mansouriya, Monofiya, Nouzha. Sinai: Rafah.

Host plants. Olive ( Olea spp.).

Dates of collection. July–November.