Bactrocera

Bactrocera
Bactrocera dorsalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tephritidae
Subfamily: Dacinae
Tribe: Dacini
Genus: Bactrocera
Macquart, 1835
Species

B. correcta
B. cucurbitae
B. dorsalis
B. invadens
B. oleae
B. papayae
B. tryoni
B. zonata
Hundreds more

Diversity
549 species
Synonyms
  • Aglaodacus Munro, 1984
  • Apodacus Perkins, 1939
  • Chaetodacus Bezzi, 1913
  • Dasyneura Saunders, 1842
  • Hemigymnodacus Hardy, 1973
  • Marquesadacus Malloch, 1932
  • Mauritidacus Munro, 1984
  • Strumeta Walker, 1856

Bactrocera is a large genus of tephritid fruit flies, with more than 500 species currently described.

Name

The genus name is derived from Ancient Greek bakter "rod" and kera "horn".

Bactrocera sp. flies on an Anthurium inflorescence smelling of methyl eugenol

Systematics

Many subgenera are defined within this genus:

  • Afrodacus
  • Aglaodacus
  • Apodacus
  • Asiadacus
  • Austrodacus
  • Bactrocera
  • Bulladacus
  • Daculus
  • Diplodacus
  • Gymnodacus
  • Hemigymnodacus
  • Heminotodacus
  • Hemiparatridacus
  • Hemisurstylus
  • Hemizeugodacus
  • Javadacus
  • Melanodacus
  • Nesodacus
  • Niuginidacus
  • Notodacus
  • Papuodacus
  • Paradacus
  • Paratridacus
  • Parazeugodacus
  • Queenslandacus
  • Semicallantra
  • Sinodacus
  • Tetradacus
  • Trypetidacus
  • Zeugodacus

See also

Further reading

  • Drew, R.A.I.; Raghu, S. (2002). "The fruit fly fauna (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacinae) of the rainforest habitat of the Western Ghats, India" (PDF). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 50 (2): 327–352. (with key to Indian Bactrocera species) — (description of new species B. amarambalensis, B. apiconigroscutella, B. neoarecae, B. neonigrotibialis, B. paraosbeckiae, B. paraverbascifoliae, B. penecorrecta, B. pseudoversicolor, B. yercaudiae and B. binoyi)
  • Courtice, A.C. (2006). Of Peaches and Maggots, The Story of Queensland Fruit Fly. Hillside Books. ISBN 0958823901.

On the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site

  • Bactrocera correcta , guava fruit fly
  • Bactrocera cucurbitae, melon fly
  • Bactrocera dorsalis, oriental fruit fly
  • Bactrocera oleae, olive fruit fly
  • Bactrocera tryoni, Queensland fruit fly
  • Bactrocera tsuneonis, Japanese orange fly
  • fauna.org.uk
  • "Bactrocera Macquart, 1835". Atlas of Living Australia.

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