Bactrocera (Bactrocera) syzygii White and Tsuruta
Nomenclature
Bactrocera (Bactrocera) syzygii White and Tsuruta in Tsuruta and White, 2001: 85.
Bactrocera (Bactrocera) syzygii: David et al., 2017:394.
Bactrocera syzygii: Doorenweerd et al., 2018: 25.
Taxonomic position
Diptera: Brachycera: Tephritoidea: Tephritidae: Dacinae: Dacini
Diagnosis
Face fulvous with separate black spots
Scutum black with yellow lateral postsutural vittae narrowing posteriorly to end before intra-alar seta
Abdomen with tergited 3-5 with broad black markings laterally
Wing hyaline with costal band confluent with vein R2+3
Host plants
Syzygium samarangense (Blume) Merr. & L. M. Perry, Syzygium jambos L. (Alston)
Distribution
Kerala, Karnataka
Male attractant
Zingerone
References
Tsuruta, K and White, I. M. 2001. Eleven new species of the genus Bactrocera Macquart (Diptera: Tephritidae) from SriLanka. Entomological Science. 4(1): 69-87.
David, K. J.*, Hancock, D. L., Singh, S. K., Ramani, S., Behere, G.T. and Salini, S. 2017. New species, new records and updated subgeneric key of Bactrocera Macquart (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacinae: Dacini) from India. Zootaxa, 4272(3): 386−400.
