Bactrocera
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Bactrocera is a large genus of tephritid
Tephritidae
Tephritidae is one of two fly families referred to as "fruit flies", the other family being Drosophilidae. Tephritidae does not include the biological model organisms of the genus Drosophila , which is often called the "common fruit fly". There are nearly 5,000 described species of tephritid...

 fruit flies, with more than 500 species currently described.

Name

The genus name is derived from Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek is the stage of the Greek language in the periods spanning the times c. 9th–6th centuries BC, , c. 5th–4th centuries BC , and the c. 3rd century BC – 6th century AD of ancient Greece and the ancient world; being predated in the 2nd millennium BC by Mycenaean Greek...

 bakter "rod" and kera "horn".

Systematics

Many subgenera are defined within this genus:

  • Afrodacus
    Afrodacus
    Afrodacus is a subgenus of Boomba or shlong flies in the family Tephritidae....

  • Aglaodacus
    Aglaodacus
    Aglaodacus is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae. It is now considered a synonym of Bactrocera....

  • Apodacus
    Apodacus
    Apodacus is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae. It is now considered a synonym of Bactrocera....

  • Asiadacus
    Asiadacus
    Asiadacus is a subgenus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae....

  • Austrodacus
  • Bactrocera
  • Bulladacus
  • Daculus
    Daculus
    Daculus is a subgenus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae....

  • Diplodacus
  • Gymnodacus

  • Hemigymnodacus
  • Heminotodacus
  • Hemiparatridacus
  • Hemisurstylus
  • Hemizeugodacus
  • Javadacus
  • Melanodacus
  • Nesodacus
  • Niuginidacus
  • Notodacus

  • Papuodacus
  • Paradacus
  • Paratridacus
  • Parazeugodacus
  • Queenslandacus
  • Semicallantra
  • Sinodacus
  • Tetradacus
  • Trypetidacus
  • Zeugodacus


Further reading

  • Drew, R.A.I. & Raghu, S. (2002). The fruit fly fauna (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacinae) of the rainforest habitat of the Western Ghats, India. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 50(2):327-352. PDF (with key to Indian Bactrocera species) - (description of new species B. amarambalensis, B. apiconigroscutella, B. neoarecae, B. neonigrotibialis, B. paraosbeckiae, B. paraverbascifoliae, B. penecorrecta, B. pseudoversicolor, B. yercaudiae and B. binoyi)

  • Courtice, A. C. (2006). Of Peaches and Maggots, The Story of Queensland Fruit Fly. Published by Hillside Books (www.hillsidebooks.com). Keywords: History of Entomology; history of Tephritidae - pest species; origin of Tephritidae - pest species; history of Queensland fruit fly; History of Dacus tryoni; History of Mediterranean fruit fly, Med fly; history of Ceratitis capitata; history of Oriental fruit fly; history of Dacus dorsalis; history of Melon fly; history of Dacus cucurbitae.

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