Species Bactrocera (Bactrocera) dorsalis (Hendel, 1912)

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• Dacus dorsalis Hendel, F. 1912. H. Sauter's Formosa-Ausbeute. Genus Dacus (Dipt.). Supplementa Entomologica 1: 13–24 [18].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♀.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Drew, R.A. I. & Hancock, D.L. 1994. The Bactrocera dorsalis complex of fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacinae). Bulletin of Entomological Research Supplement 2: viii + 68 p. [17].
• Bactrocera conformis Doleschall, C.L. 1858. Derde bijdrage tot de kennis der dipteren fauna van Nederlandsch Indië. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië 17: 73-128 [122] [junior homonym of Strumeta conformis Walker, 1856].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, ZMB, Amboina (=Ambon I.), Indonesia.
• Bactrocera (Bactrocera) papayae Drew, R.A. I. & Hancock, D.L. 1994. The Bactrocera dorsalis complex of fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacinae). Bulletin of Entomological Research Supplement 2: viii + 68 p. [48].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀, Kuala Kangsar, Malaysia.
• Bactrocera philippinensis Drew, R.A. I. & Hancock, D.L. 1994. The Bactrocera dorsalis complex of fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacinae). Bulletin of Entomological Research Supplement 2: viii + 68 p.
• Bactrocera invadens Drew, R.A.I., Tsuruta, K. & White, I.M. 2005. A new species of pest fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacinae) from Sri Lanka and Africa. African Entomology 13: 149–154 [149].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMKE ♂, Kenya: coast, Matuga.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Drew, R.A.I. & Romig, M. 2013. Tropical Fruit Flies of South-East Asia (Tephritidae: Dacinae). Wallingford : CABI pp. [142] (for B. philippensis and B. papayae)
• Boykin, L.M., Schutze, M.K., Krosch, M.N., Chomi
  c, A., Chapman, T.A., Englezou, A., Armstrong, K.F., Clarke, A.R., Hailstones, D. & Cameron, S.L. 2014. Multi-gene phylogenetic analysis of south-east Asian pest members of the Bactrocera dorsalis species complex (Diptera: Tephritidae) does not support current taxonomy. Journal of Applied Entomology 138 [early online version published on 12/03/2013]
• Schutze, M.K., Mahmood, K., Pavsovic, A., et al. 2014. One and the same: integrative taxonomic evidence that Bactrocera invadens (Diptera: Tephritidae) is the same species as the Oriental fruit fly Bactrocera dorsalis. Systematic Entomology [online early version] (for B. dorsalis and B. invadens)

 

Generic Combinations

• Bactrocera (Bactrocera) dorsalis (Hendel, 1912). —
  Drew, R.A. I. & Hancock, D.L. 1994. The Bactrocera dorsalis complex of fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacinae). Bulletin of Entomological Research Supplement 2: viii + 68 p. [17]

 

Introduction

Genetic, cytogenetic, pheromonal, morphometric and behavioural data showed no or only minor variation between B. dorsalis, B. invadens, B. papayae and B. philippinensis, leading to their synonymisation under B. dorsalis.

Doorenweerd et al. (2023) provided further evidnece that Bactrocera dorsalis is part of a monophyletic clade that also includes Australian species B (B) pallida (Perkins & May, 1949), B (B) musae (Tryon, 1927) and B (B) cacuminata (Hering, 1941)

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Introduced from SE Asia.

Distribution References

General References

Doorenweerd, C., San Jose, M., Geid, S., Barr, N & Rubinoff, D. 2023. Genomic data reveal new species and the limits of mtDNA barcode diagnostics to contain a global pest species complex (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacinae). Systematic Entomology Early View: 1-15 [Date published 31 Oct]

Hee, A.K.W., Wee, S.-L., Nishida, R., Ono, H., Hendrichs, J., Haymer, D.S. & Tan, K.-H. 2015. Historical perspective on the synonymization of the four major pest species belonging to the Bactrocera dorsalis species complex (Diptera, Tephritidae). ZooKeys 540: 323-338

Leblanc, L., San Jose, M., Barr, N. & Rubinoff, D. 2015. A phylogenetic assessment of the polyphyletic nature and intraspecific color polymorphism in the Bactrocera dorsalis complex (Diptera, Tephritidae). ZooKeys 540: 339-367

Schutze, M.K., Aketarawo, N., Amornsak, W., et al. 2014. Synonymization of key pest species within the Bactrocera dorsalis species complex (Diptera: Tephritidae): taxonomic changes based on a review of 20 years of integrative morphological, molecular, cytogenetic, behavioural and chemoecological data. Systematic Entomology [online early version]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Feb-2019	DIPTERA Linnaeus, 1758	18-Jan-2019	MODIFIED
04-Jan-2016	Bactrocera Macquart, 1835	04-Jan-2016	MODIFIED
22-Jun-2015	Bactrocera Macquart, 1835	20-Jul-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Federica Turco
02-Jan-2015	Bactrocera Macquart, 1835	17-Dec-2014	MODIFIED
06-May-2013		06-May-2013	MODIFIED
19-Jul-2012		19-Jul-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)