Bactrocera dorsalis

Bactrocera dorsalis
Bactrocera dorsalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tephritidae
Genus: Bactrocera
Subgenus: Bactrocera
Species: B. dorsalis
Binomial name
Bactrocera dorsalis
(Hendel, 1912)
Bactrocera dorsalis range
Synonyms

Dacus dorsalis

Bactrocera dorsalis is a species of tephritid fruit fly that is endemic to Southeast Asia, but has also been introduced to Hawai'i, the Mariana Islands and Tahiti. It is one of the major pest species in the genus Bactrocera with a broad host range of cultivated and wild fruits, second in damage only to B. papayae.[1]

It is similar to the closely related species B. carambolae, B. papayae, B. occipitalis, B. philippinensis and B. invadens in color pattern.

Males of the species respond strongly to methyl eugenol and this is used for monitoring and estimating populations.[2] [3] They are also important pollinators/visitors of wild orchids, Bulbophyllum cheiri and Bulbophyllum vinaceum, in Southeast Asia, which lure the flies using methyl eugenol.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ 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 description of B. dorsalis, and key to Indian Bactrocera species)
  2. ^ Tan, K.H. and Serit, M. (1994) Adult population dynamics of Bactrocera dorsalis (Diptera: Tephritidae) in relation to host phenology and weather in two villages of Penang Island, Malaysia. Environmental Entomology 23(2): 267-275.
  3. ^ Hee, A. K. W. & Tan, K. H. (2005) Bioactive fractions containing methyl eugenol-derived sex pheromonal components in haemolymph of the male fruit fly Bactrocera dorsalis (Diptera: Tephritidae). Bull. entomol. res. 95(6):615-620
  4. ^ Tan, K.H., Nishida R. and Toong, Y.C. (2002) Bulbophyllum cheiri floral synomone lures fruit flies to perform pollination. J.Chem. Ecol. 28:1161-1172
  5. ^ Tan, K. H., Tan, L. T. and Nishida, R. (2006) Floral phenyl propanoid cocktail and architecture of Bulbophyllum vinaceum orchid in attracting fruit flies for pollination. J. Chem. Ecol. 32:2429-2441.

Further reading

  • Allwood, A.J., Chinajariyawong, A., Drew, R.A.I., et al. (1999) Host plant records for fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) in south east Asia. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement 7:1-92.

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