True fruit flies of India

Musca ferruginea Fabricius, 1794: 342 (see Hardy, 1969: 396).

Dacus ferrugineus: Fabricius, 1805: 274.

Dacus dorsalis Hendel, 1912a: 18

Bactrocera ferruginea: Bezzi,1913: 95

Chaetodacus ferrugineus var. dorsalis: Hendel, 1915: 426

Chaetodacus ferrugineus: Bezzi, 1916: 104

Chaetodacus ferrugineus dorsalis: Bezzi, 1916: 104

Chaetodacus ferrugineus var. okinawanus Shiraki, 1933: 62; Hardy and Adachi, 1956:8; Hardy, 1969: 402 (Synonym)

Dacus (Strumeta) dorsalis: Hardy and Adachi, 1956:7; Hardy, 1969: 395; Hardy, 1973: 41; Hardy, 1974: 29

Strumeta dorsalis: Hering, 1956: 63

Strumeta ferruginea: Hering, 1956: 63

Strumeta dorsalis okinawana: Shiraki, 1968: 23

Dacus (Bactrocera) dorsalis: Hardy, 1977: 49; Drew, 1982: 60;  Drew, 1989: 63

Dacus (Bactrocera) semifemoralis Tseng, Chen and Chu, 1992: 46; Drew and Romig, 2013: 76 (Synonym)

Dacus (Bactrocera) yilanensisTseng, Chen and Chu, 1992:52; Drew and Romig, 2013: 76 (Synonym); White and Elson-Harris, 1992: 87; Drew and Hancock, 1994: 7; Norrbom et al., 1999: 90; Agarwal and Sueyoshi, 2005: 376; Mahmood and Hassan, 2005: 8; White, 2006: 137; Drew et al., 2007: 3; David and ramani, 2011:3; Drew and Romig, 2013: 76

Bactrocera (Bactrocera) variabilis Lin and Wang, in Lin et al., 2011b: 896; Drew and Romig, 2013: 76 (Synonym)

Bactrocera (Bactrocera) philippinensis Drew and Hancock, 1994: 52; (synonymised with papayae by Drew and Romig, 2013: 142); Schutze et al., 2014

Bactrocera (Bactrocera) papayae Drew and Hancock, 1994: 48; Schutze et al., 2014:11 (Synonym)

Bactrocera (Bactrocera) invadens Drew, Tsuruta and White, 2005: 149; Drew et al., 2007: 4; Schutze et al., 2014: 11 (Synonym)

Bactrocera dorsalis Doorenweerd et al., 2018: 27

Diptera: Brachycera: Tephritoidea: Tephritidae: Dacinae: Dacini

• Face fulvous/yellow with two separate black spots
• Scutum reddish brown/black with or without lanceolate markings
• All femora yellow without any dark markings
• Abdomen reddish-brown with prominent T-shaped markings
• Wing predominantly hyaline with narrow costal band confluent with vein R2+3

Aegle marmelos (L.) Corr. (Bael), Anacardium occidentale L. (Cashew), Artocarpus altilis (Park.) (Bread fruit), A.heterophyllus Lamk.(Jack fruit), Capsicum fruitescens L.(Red pepper), Carissa carandas L. (Karanda), Cerbera manghas L.(Honde fruit), Chrysophyllum cainitto L.(Star apple), Citrus aurantium L.(Sour orange), C.grandis Osbeck. (Pomelo), C. medica L.(Citron), C.nobilis Lours (Orange), C.reticulata Blanco (Mandarin), Coffea arabica L. (Arabian coffee), C.canephora Pierre ex Froehner (Robusta coffee), Cydonia oblonga Mill.(Quince), Diospyros sp. (Persimmon), Eriobotrya japonica (Thunb.)(Loquat), Ficus carica L. (Fig), F.mysorensis Heyne, Litchi chinensis (Gaertn.) Sonn. (Litchi), Malus pumila Mill. (Apple), Mangifera indica L. (Mango), Manilkara achras (Mill.) (Sapodilla), Mimusops elengi L. (Spanish cherry), Morus australis Poir. (Common mulberry), Musa paridisiaca L. (Banana), Persea americana Mill.(Avocado), Physalis peruviana L.(Cape gooseberry),Prunus armeniaca L. (Apricot), P avium L. (Sweet cherry), P.domestica L. (Plum) ,P.persica (L.) (Peach), Psidium guajava L. (Guava), Punica granatum L. (Pomegranate), Pyrus communis L.(Pear), Rubus fruiticossus L. (Black berry), Santalum album L. (White Sandalwood), Solanum erianthum D.Don., Solanum indicum L. (Indian night shade), S. melongena L. (Egg plant) , S.torvum Swartz, Syzigium cumini (L.) Skeels (Jamun), Terminalia catappa L. (Indian almond), Zizyphus mauritiana Lamk. (Jujube/ Ber) (White and Elson-Harris,1992; Kapoor, 1993; Ramani, 1997)

Assam, Bihar, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala, Karnataka Maharashtra, Manipur, Orissa, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal (Bhat, 1989; Agarwal & Sueyoshi, 2005, David & Ramani, 2011).

Agarwal., M.L and Sueyoshi, M., 2005.  Catalogue of Indian Fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae).Oriental Ins., 39: 371-433.

Bhat, G.U., 1989, Faunistic and some ecological studies on Fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) of Bangalore and Kodagu districts. M.Sc Thesis, Univ. of Agril. Sciences, Bangalore, p.117

David, K. J. and Ramani, S. 2011. An illustrated key to fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) of peninsular India and Andaman and Nicobar islands. Zootaxa, 3021: 1-31

Kapoor, V.C., 1993. Indian fruit flies (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae). Oxford & IBH Publishing Co.Pvt.Ltd., New Delhi, pp. 228.

Ramani, S., 1997, Biosystematic studies on fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) with special reference to the fauna of Karnataka and Andaman and Nicobar. Ph.D. (Agri.Ent) Thesis, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore.

Vasuki V. Belavadi, 1979. Bionomics of the Oriental Fruit Fly, Dacus dorsalis Hendel (Diptera: Tephritidae) on guava (Psidium guajava L.) and its control by male annihilation, M Sc Agri Thesis submitted to University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore.

White, I .M. and Elson–Harris, M.  M., 1992, Fruit flies of economic significance: their identification and bionomics. CAB International, Wallingford, UK., pp601.