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DESCRIBED FRUIT FLY SPECIES
 IN VANUATU

 

This table lists described fruit fly species recorded in Vanuatu, based on surveys carried out since 1994.  These distribution records shown on the table have been published in Drew and Romig (2001)1.  They have recorded 12 species, including three new species described in the paper.  Names of new species described in the article are highlighted on table.  The distribution compilation per province is by no means definitive and should not be necessarily used as a basis for decisions on restriction of produce movements.

 

Key to abbreviations: 

Genera: B. = Bactrocera              D. = Dacus

Subgenera: A. = Afrodacus         B. = Bactrocera          D. Dacus        G. = Gymnodacus   

                 N. = Notodacus        Z. = Zeugodacus 

Species

LURE

Torres Banks Santo Ambae Maewo Pente-
cote
Male-
kula
Ambrym Epi Efate Erro-
mango
Tanna Anatom

B. (A.) minuta (Drew)

Cue

X X X X X X X X X X X X X

B. (B.) anomala (Drew)

Cue

X X X X - - X - X X X - -
B. (B.) peneobscura Drew and Romig

Cue

- - - - - - - - - X - - X

B. (B.) quadrisetosa (Bezzi)

None

X X X - - - - - X X - - -

B. (B.) redunca (Drew)

Cue

X X X X - - X X X X X - -

B. (B.) simulata (Malloch)

Cue

- - X - - - X -   X - - -
B. (B.) trilineola Drew Cue X X X X X X X X X X X X X

B. (B.) umbrosa (Fabricius)

ME

X X X X X X X X X X X X X

B. (G.) calophylli (Perkins and May)

None

- - X - - - - - - - - - -
B. (N.) neoxanthodes Drew and Romig None X - X - - - - - - X - - -

B. (Z.) gracilis (Drew)

Cue

- - - - - - X - - - - - -

D. (D.) taui Drew and Romig

Cue

X - X - - - X X X X X - -

1 Drew, R.A.I., and M. Romig. 2001. The fruit fly fauna (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacinae) of Bougainville, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. Australian Journal of Entomology. 40, 113-150.

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