Bactrocera (Bactrocera) zonata ( Saunders, 1842 )

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Bactrocera (Bactrocera) zonata ( Saunders, 1842)

Dasyneura zonatus Saunders, 1842: 61 . Unspecified type. Central India ( UMO?).

Bactrocera maculigera Doleschall, 1858: 122 . Unspecified type. Indonesia (Maluku: Amboina) (ZMHB). Also, possible syntypes in NHMW ( Froggatt, 1909: 94).

Rivellia persicae Bigot, 1890: 192 . Syntypes. India (Bihar: Chota Nagpur, Ranchi) (ZSI?). Also , possible syntypes in UMO.

Dacus ferrugineus var. mangiferae Cotes, 1893: 17 . Lectotype. India (Bihar: Tirhoot ) (ZSI?). Lectotype designated by Drew & Hancock 1994: 20.

Distribution. AF: Mauritius (introduced), Reunion. AU: Australia. NE: USA (California). OR: Bangladesh, India,

Laos, Myanmar, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam. PA: Middle East ( Egypt, Oman, Saudi Arabia).

Egyptian localities. Widespread throughout the country, particularly: Coastal Strip: Agamy and Sabahia, near

Alexandria . Eastern Desert : Ismailiya, Port Said . Fayoum: Al-zawya, El-Bassyonia, Kom Oshim, Tamia. Sinai:

Arish (on peach), Qantara. Lower Nile Valley and Delta: Dakahliya, Giza, Qalubiya, Sharqiya. Western Desert:

Dakhla Oasisi & Kharga Oasis, Nubaria. Upper Nile Valley : Aswan.

Host plants. Apple ( Malus pumila Miller ), apricot ( Prunus armeniaca L.), cantaloupe ( Cucumis

melo var. cantalupo Ser. ), citrus ( Citrus limon (L.) Burm. f.), cucumber ( Cucumis sativus L.), date palm trees

( Phoenix dactylifera L.), eggplant ( Solanum melongena L.), fig ( Ficus carica L.), guava ( Psidium guajava L.),

mandarin ( Citrus reticulata Blanco ), marrow ( Cucurbita pepo L.), mango ( Mangifera indica L.), orange ( Citrus x

sinensis (L.) Osbeck), peach ( Prunus persica (L.) Batsch), plum ( Prunus armeniaca L.), potato ( Solanum

tuberosum L.), and tomato ( Solanum lycopersicum L.). Sources: El-Minshawy et al. (1999); El-Sabah et al. (2004);

El-Samea & Fetoh (2006); Amro & Abd El-Galil (2008); Amin & Saafan (2013); Ghanim (2013); Abd El-Fattah &

Darwish (2016).

Dates of collection. Throughout the year ( Delrio & Cocco, 2012).