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Bactrocera (Bactrocera) syzygii White and Tsuruta 2001

  • 1. Department of Entomology, Plant Pathology and Nematology (EPPN) University of Idaho 875 Perimeter Drive MS 2329 Moscow, Idaho, USA
  • 2. Insect Biotechnology Division, Institute of Food and Radiation Biology Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission Dhaka- 1349, Bangladesh

Description

Bactrocera (Bactrocera) syzygii White and Tsuruta, 2001

Figure 18

Distribution. Sri Lanka (Tsuruta and White 2001), India (David et al. 2017), Vietnam (Leblanc et al. 2018a), Bangladesh (Leblanc et al. 2019b), Nepal (Leblanc et al. 2019a), Indonesia (Doorenweerd et al. 2020).

Bangladesh records. 342 specimens. CHATTOGRAM DIVISION: Bandarban Hill, Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Khagrachari Hill, and Rangamati Hill Districts. DHAKA DIVISION: Dhaka and Tangail Districts. RANGPUR DIVISION: Dinajpur District. SYLHET DIVISION: Sylhet District.

Male lure. Zingerone.

Host plants. Syzygium jambos (L.) Alston (Myrtaceae) (Tsuruta and White 2001).

Notes

Published as part of Leblanc, Luc, Hossain, M. Aftab, Momen, Mahfuza & Seheli, Kajla, 2021, New country records, annotated checklist and key to the dacine fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacinae: Dacini) of Bangladesh, pp. 1-56 in Insecta Mundi 2021 (880) on page 22, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5352282

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References

  • Tsuruta K, White IM. 2001. Eleven new species of the genus Bactrocera Macquart (Diptera: Tephritidae) from Sri Lanka. Entomological Science 4: 69 - 87.
  • David KJ, Hancock DL, Singh SK, Ramani S, Behere GT, Salini S. 2017. New species, new records and updated subgeneric key of Bactrocera Macquart (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacinae: Dacini) from India. Zootaxa 4272: 386 - 400.
  • Leblanc L, Doorenweerd C, San Jose M, Pham HT, Rubinoff D. 2018 a. Descriptions of four new species of Bactrocera and new country records highlight the high biodiversity of fruit flies in Vietnam (Diptera, Tephritidae, Dacinae). Zookeys 797: 87 - 115.
  • Leblanc L, Hossain MA, Doorenweerd C, Khan SA, Momen M, San Jose M, Rubinoff D. 2019 b. Six years of fruit fly surveys in Bangladesh: a new species, 33 new country records and recent discovery of the highly invasive Bactrocera carambolae (Diptera, Tephritidae). Zookeys 876: 87 - 109.
  • Leblanc L, Bhandari BP, Aryal LN, Bista S. 2019 a. New country records and annotated checklist of the Dacine fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacini) of Nepal. Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 51 (2): 39 - 46.
  • Doorenweerd C, Ekayanti A, Rubinoff D. 2020. The Dacini fruit fly fauna of Sulawesi fits Lydekker's line but also supports Wallacea as a biogeographic region (Diptera, Tephritidae). ZooKeys 973: 103 - 122.