Bactrocera

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Bactrocera
Bactrocera dorsalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Diptera Suborder: Brachycera Family: Tephritidae Subfamily: Dacinae Tribe: Dacini Genus: Bactrocera
Diversity
549 species
Species
B. correcta B. cucurbitae B. dorsalis B. oleae B. papayae B. tryoni B. zonata Hundreds more

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

Contents 1 Name 2 Systematics 3 See also 4 Further reading

[edit] Name

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

[edit] 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

[edit] See also

• List of Bactrocera species

[edit] 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.