Zeugodacus (Zeugodacus) caudatus ( Fabricius, 1805 )

Leblanc, Luc, Hossain, M. Aftab, Momen, Mahfuza & Seheli, Kajla, 2021, New country records, annotated checklist and key to the dacine fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacinae: Dacini) of Bangladesh, Insecta Mundi 2021 (880), pp. 1-56 : 34

Zeugodacus (Zeugodacus) caudatus ( Fabricius, 1805)

(= Bactrocera maculipennis Doleschall, 1856 )

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Distribution. Brunei, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia (Peninsular, East), Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam ( Agarwal and Sueyoshi 2005, Drew and Romig 2013), Bangladesh ( Leblanc et al. 2013), Cambodia ( Leblanc et al. 2016).

Bangladesh records. 120 specimens. DHAKA DIVISION: Dhaka,Gazipur,and Tangail Districts. MYMENSINGH DIVISION: Mymensingh and Sherpur Districts. RAJSHAHI DIVISION: Bogura, Chapai Nawabgonj, Naogaon, Natore, and Pabna Districts. RANGPUR DIVISION: Dinajpur, Nilphamari, Panchagarh, Rangpur, and Thakurgaon Districts.

Male lure. Cue-lure.

Host plants. Bred from male flowers of Cucurbita moschata Duchesne (Cucurbitaceae) ( Allwood et al. 1999). Liquido and Hanlin (2021) reported six host taxa in five genera in the families Cucurbitaceae and Solanaceae , as well as unverified records for additional plants.

Figures

Figure 26. Zeugodacus (Zeugodacus) caudatus (Fabricius). A) Head. B) Head and scutum. C) Abdomen, female. D) Abdomen, male. E) Wing (after Leblanc et al. 2014). F) Wing apex, variant. G) Lateral view, male. H) Distribution in Bangladesh.