The Taxonomy And Phylogenetic Relationships Of Species In The Bactrocera Musae Complex Of Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacinae) In Papua New Guinea
Author
Drew, R. A. I.
Author
Ma, Jing
Author
Smith, S.
Author
Hughes, J. M.
text
Raffles Bulletin of Zoology
2011
2011-08-31
59
2
145
162
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.10107060
2345-7600
10107060
Bactrocera (Bactrocera) bancroftii
(Tryon)
Chaetodacus bancroftii
:
Tryon, 1927: 199–201
.
Strumeta bancroftii:
May, 1963: 43
, 50.
Bactrocera (Bactrocera) bancroftii
:
Drew, 1989: 91–92
.
Diagnosis.
–
A medium sized species (wing length 6.0 mm); face with a pair of medium sized circular black spots; scutum dull black; postpronotal lobe and notopleuron yellow; each lateral postsutural vitta broad, parallel sided and ending at
ia
. seta; mesopleural stripe of medium width ending midway between anterior margin of notopleuron and anterior
npl
. seta dorsally; scutellum yellow except for a pale fuscous to fuscous apical spot in some specimens; wings with cells bc and c very pale fulvous, microtrichia in outer corner of cell c only, costal band only just overlapping R
2+3
and very narrow beyond extremity of R
2+3
, cubital streak broad and fuscous; legs with all segments entirely fulvous; all abdominal terga generally orange-brown, shining spots orange-brown.
Fig. 1.
Bactrocera (Bactrocera) balagawii
,
new species
.
Attractant.
–
Methyl eugenol (a weak response).
Hosts. –
Maclura cochinchinensis
(family
Moraceae
) and
Morus nigra
(mulberry – family
Moraceae
).
Distribution.
–
Type
locality:
Australia
(Gympie District). Previously recorded:
Australia
(Coastal areas of
Queensland
), Torres Strait Islands (Baxter, Yam, Yorke) (
Drew, 1989
). New Record:
Papua New Guinea
(Lae,
Morobe Province
).