Bactrocera

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

• List of Bactrocera species

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. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 50(2):327-352. PDF (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. Published by Hillside Books (www.hillsidebooks.com). Keywords: History of Entomology; history of Tephritidae - pest species; origin of Tephritidae - pest species; history of Queensland fruit fly; History of Dacus tryoni; History of Mediterranean fruit fly, Med fly; history of Ceratitis capitata; history of Oriental fruit fly; history of Dacus dorsalis; history of Melon fly; history of Dacus cucurbitae.

External links

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

Database

• Tephritid Workers Database