Zeugodacus cucurbitae (Coquillett)
Nomenclature
Dacus cucurbitae Coquillett, 1899: 129
Bactrocera cucurbitae: Bezzi, 1913: 96
Chaetodacus cucurbitae: Bezzi, 1916: 109
Strumeta cucurbitae: Perkin, 1938: 127
Dacus (Strumeta) cucurbitae: Drew 1973: 23
Dacus (Zeugodacus) aureus Tseng and Chu, 1982: 85
Zeugodacus cucurbitae: Munro, 1984: 18
Bactorcera (Zeugodacus) cucurbitae: Drew, 1989: 212
Dacus (Zeugodacus) yuiliensis Tseng and Chu, 1992: 84
Zeugodacus cucurbitae: Doorenweerd et al., 2018: 22
Taxonomic position
Diptera: Brachycera: Tephritoidea: Tephritidae: Dacinae: Dacini
Diagnosis
- A predominantly orange-brown species with separate black spots on fulvous face.
- Scutum red brown with yellow medial and lateral post sutural vittae.
- Wing with costal band broad, confluent with vein R4+5, paler between R2+3 and R4+5, expanded into a large spot in apex; band along r-m cross vein and along dm-cu cross vein as also an anal streak present.
Host plants
Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn., Capsicum fruitescens L., Careya arborea Roxb., Coccinia grandis L. Voigt, Cucumis melo L., C. sativus L., Momordica charantia L., Momordica dioica Roxb.ex Wild, Mukia maderaspatana (L.) M. Roem., Trichosanthes cucumerina L., T.dioica (L.), Luffa spp., Citrus spp., Psidium guajava L., Carica papaya L. (Kapoor,1993; Ramani, 1997).
Distribution
Widespread in India (Agarwal & Sueyoshi, 2005; David & Ramani, 2011)
Selected References
Agarwal., M. L and Sueyoshi, M. (2005). Catalogue of Indian Fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae).Oriental Ins., 39: 371-433.
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.
Coquillett, D. W. (1904), New Diptera from India and Australia. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash., 6: 137−140.
Perkins, F. A. (1937), Studies in Australia and Oriental Trypaneidae.-Part I. New genera of Dacinae. Proc.R. Soc. Queensl., 48: 51−60.
Perkins, F. A. (1938) Studies in Oriental and Australian Trypaneidae.-Part II. Adraminae and Dacinae from India, Ceylon, Malaya, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Philippine Islands and Formosa. Proc.R. Soc. Queensl., 49: 120−144.
Hardy, D. E. (1954) The Dacus subgenera Neodacus and Gymnodacus of the world (Diptera: Tephritidae). Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash., 56: 5−23.
Hardy, D. E. (1973) The fruit flies (Tephritidae: Diptera) of Thailand and bordering countries. Pac. Insects monograph., 31: 353 pp.
Norrbom A. L., Carroll, L. E., Thompson, F. C., White I. M. and Freidberg, A. (1999) Systematic database of names. In: Thompson F. C. (ed.) Fruit fly expert identification system and systematic information database. Myia, 9: 65–251.
Drew, R. A .I and Romig, M. C. (2013) Tropical fruit flies (Tephritidae:Dacinae) of South-East Asia. CAB International, Wallingford, 653 pp.
