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Bactrocera

Bactrocera
Bactrocera dorsalis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tephritidae
Subfamily:	Dacinae
Tribe:	Dacini
Genus:	Bactrocera Macquart, 1835
Type species
Bactrocera longicornis Macquart, 1835
Species
B. correcta B. dorsalis B. oleae B. tryoni B. zonata B. divenderi Hundreds more
Diversity
464 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 close to 500 species currently described and accepted.^[1]

Name[edit]

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

Systematics[edit]

Prior to the 1990s, almost all Dacini species were described in the genera DacusorStrumeta. Bactrocera became the main genus for the tribe after Bactrocera and Dacus were split, but Bactrocera was further divided into Zeugodacus and Bactrocera in 2015.^[2] The subgeneric treatments have only partly adopted this latest change, but are indicated here to reflect the most modern - DNA based - insights.^[3][4]

Many subgenera are defined within this genus:^{[5][6][7][8][9][10]}

See also[edit]

• List of Bactrocera species

References[edit]

Further reading[edit]

• 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[edit]

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

Other

• fauna.org.uk^{[permanent dead link]}
• "Bactrocera Macquart, 1835". Atlas of Living Australia.
• Tephritid Workers Database