Bactrocera
| Bactrocera | |
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| Bactrocera dorsalis | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Tephritidae |
| Subfamily: | Dacinae |
| Tribe: | Dacini |
| Genus: | Bactrocera Macquart, 1835 |
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B. correcta | |
| Diversity | |
| 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".
Bactrocera sp. flies on an Anthurium inflorescence smelling of methyl eugenol
Systematics
Many subgenera are defined within this genus:
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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. 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
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