Bactrocera
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Bactrocera dorsalis | |
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Genus: | Bactrocera Macquart, 1835
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B. correcta | |
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549 species | |
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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".
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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.
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[permanent dead link]
- "Bactrocera Macquart, 1835". Atlas of Living Australia.
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