Zeugodacus diversus (Coquillett)
Nomenclature
Dacus diversus Coquillett, 1904: 139
Bactrocera diversa: Bezzi, 1913: 94
Chaetodacus diversus: Bezzi, 1916: 108
Dacus quadrifidus Hendel, 1928: 343; Norrbom et al., 1999: 99 (Synonym)
Asidacus diversus: Perkin, 1937: 57
Dacus (Hemigymnodacus) diversus: Hardy, 1954: 18
Dacus (Melanodacus) citronellae Kapoor and Katiyar, 1969: 123; Norrbom et al., 1999: 99 (Synonym)
Dacus (Hemigymnodacus) diversus: Hardy, 1973: 19
Bactrocera (Paratridacus) diversa: ; Norrbom et al., 1999: 99Dacus latifae Anwar Cheema, 1964:302; Drew and Romig, 2013: 205 (Synonym)
Zeugodacus diversus: Doorenweerd et al., 2018: 45
Taxonomic position
Diptera: Cyclorrhapha: Tephritoidea: Tephritidae: Dacinae: Dacini
Diagnosis
- Scutum black with yellow lateral postsutural vittae and medial vitta.
- Wing with costal band confluent with vein R2+3.
- Males lack pecten on 3rd abdominal tergite.
- It shows sexual dimorphism with respect to facial spots. Face of male is entirely yellow, without facial spots whereas female possess transverse black line above the mouth opening.
Host plants
Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn., Luffa aegyptica Mill. , Citrus aurantium L., C.grandis Osbeck., Coccinia grandis L. Voigt., Cucurbita maxima Duch. , Cucurbita pepo L.,Lageneria siceraria (Mol.) Standl.,Musa paradisica L., Psidium guajava L., Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels.,S.malaccense(L.) Merr. & Perr., Solanum erianthum D.Don., Mangifera indica L., Myristica beddomei King, M. fragrans Houtt., Citrus aurantium L. (Kapoor,1993)
Distribution
Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Punjab,Tamil Nadu, Uttaranchal, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal (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.
