The dacine fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacini) of Oceania
Author
Leblanc, Luc
University of Idaho, Department of Entomology, Plant Pathology and Nematology (EPPN) 875 Perimeter Drive MS 2329, Moscow, Idaho, USA
text
Insecta Mundi
2022
2022-08-26
2022
948
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.7300862
1942-1354
7300862
A105F057-F2A4-4C14-B82E-14912B319D57
Bactrocera
(
Notodacus
)
paraxanthodes
Drew and Hancock, 1995
Figure 61
Distribution
(
Fig. 121
).
New Caledonia
(mainland, Maré, Lifou).
Male lure.
Weakly attracted to methyl eugenol. Dihydroeugenol may prove to be a more potent attractant when tested on the Loyalty Islands, where
B. paraxanthodes
is most common. That lure attracted
one specimen
on the mainland (
Royer et al. 2019a
), and many specimens of
B. neoxanthodes
in
Vanuatu
(new lure record)
.
Host plants.
APOCYNACEAE
:
Vincetoxicum biglandulosum
(dubious record?).
ARALIACEAE
:
Meryta
sp.
,
Plerandra gabriellae
.
Notes.
This species is a non-pest member species of the
Bactrocera xanthodes
complex (
Drew et al. 1997
). The
Tylophora
host record was doubted by
Hancock and Drew (2017a)
.