Bactrocera (Bactrocera) correcta (Bezzi)
Nomenclature
Chaetodacus correctus Bezzi, 1916. Bull. Ent. Res., 7: 107. Syntype ?, ?. India.
Bactrocera zonata: Bezzi, 1913. Mem. Indian Mus., 3: 94. [Misidentification]
Strumeta correctus: Perkins, 1938. Proc. R. Soc. Queensl., 49(11): 27
Strumeta paratuberculatus Philip, 1948. Indian J. Entomol., 10(1): 31. Holotype ?. Myanmar (Aingyi) (ZSI)
Dacus (Strumeta) correctus: Narayanan and Batra, 1960. Fruit flies and Their Control, I.C.A.R., New Delhi, 33
Dacus (Strumeta) dutti Kapoor, 1971. Oriental Insects, 5(4): 480. Holotype ?. India (Maharashtra: Pune) (NPC)
Dacus (Bactrocera) bangalorensis Agarwal&Kapoor, 1983.J.Entomol, Res., 7(2): 169. Holotype ?. India (Karnataka: Bangalore) (NPC)
Dacus (Bactrocera) correctus: Hardy, 1977. Cat. Diptera Oriental Reg., 3:49.
Bactrocera (Bactrocera) correcta: Kapoor, 1993. Indian Fruit Flies. Oxford &IBH Publ., New Delhi: 73.
Taxonomic position
Diptera: Brachycera:Tephritoidea: Tephritidae: Dacinae: Dacini
Diagnosis
- Face fulvous with transverse markings
- Scutum black with broad lateral postsutural vittae
- All femora yellow without any black markings
- Wing with costal band discontinous
- Abdomen reddish-brown with prominent T-shaped marking
Host plants
Carrisa carandas L.,Casimiroa edulis Llave & Lex, Eugenia uniflora L., Mangifera indica L , Malphigia glabra L., Prunus armeniaca L, Santalum album L., Vitis vinifera L., Zizyphus mauritiana Lam. (Kapoor,1993; Ramani, 1997).
Distribution
Bihar, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab, Tamil Nadu (Bhat, 1989; Agarwal & Sueyoshi, 2005; David & Ramani, 2011).
References
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
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.
White, I .M. and Elson–Harris, M. M., 1992, Fruit flies of economic significance: their identification and bionomics. CAB International, Wallingford, UK., pp601.
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
