Authors
Mark K Schutze, Nidchaya Aketarawong, Weerawan Amornsak, Karen F Armstrong, Antonis A Augustinos, Norman Barr, Wang Bo, Kostas Bourtzis, Laura M Boykin, Carlos Caceres, Stephen L Cameron, Toni A Chapman, Suksom Chinvinijkul, Anastasija Chomič, Marc De Meyer, Ellena Drosopoulou, Anna Englezou, Sunday Ekesi, ANGELIKI GARIOU‐PAPALEXIOU, Scott M Geib, Deborah Hailstones, Mohammed Hasanuzzaman, David Haymer, Alvin KW Hee, Jorge Hendrichs, Andrew Jessup, Qinge Ji, Fathiya M Khamis, Matthew N Krosch, LUC Leblanc, Khalid Mahmood, Anna R Malacrida, PINELOPI MAVRAGANI‐TSIPIDOU, Maulid Mwatawala, Ritsuo Nishida, Hajime Ono, Jesus Reyes, Daniel Rubinoff, Michael San Jose, Todd E Shelly, Sunyanee Srikachar, Keng H Tan, Sujinda Thanaphum, Ihsan Haq, Shanmugam Vijaysegaran, Suk L Wee, Farzana Yesmin, Antigone Zacharopoulou, Anthony R Clarke
Publication date
2015/4
Source
Systematic Entomology
Volume
40
Issue
2
Pages
456-471
Publisher
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Description
Bactrocera papayae Drew & Hancock, Bactrocera philippinensis Drew & Hancock, Bactrocera carambolae Drew & Hancock, and Bactrocera invadens Drew, Tsuruta & White are four horticultural pest tephritid fruit fly species that are highly similar, morphologically and genetically, to the destructive pest, the Oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel) (Diptera: Tephritidae). This similarity has rendered the discovery of reliable diagnostic characters problematic, which, in view of the economic importance of these taxa and the international trade implications, has resulted in ongoing difficulties for many areas of plant protection and food security. Consequently, a major international collaborative and integrated multidisciplinary research effort was initiated in 2009 to build upon existing literature with the specific aim of resolving biological species limits among B. papayae, B. philippinensis, B. carambolae, B. invadens and …
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