Dacus (Didacus) ciliatus Loew, 1862

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 : 26

Dacus (Didacus) ciliatus Loew, 1862

(= Dacus sexmaculatus Walker 1871 , Dacus sigmoides Coquillett 1901 , Dacus brevistylus Bezzi 1908 , Dacus apoxanthus var. decolor Bezzi 1924 , Tridacus mallyi Munro 1925 , Dacus insistens Curran 1927 , Dacus cocciniae Premlata and Singh 1987 )

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Distribution. Widespread in Africa, introduced in Mauritius, Réunion, the Middle East to the Indian subcontinent and Sri Lanka ( Drew and Romig 2013). First recorded in Bangladesh by Akhtaruzzaman et al. (1999a).

Bangladesh records. Bred from cucumber in Sylhet by Akhtaruzzaman et al. (1999a). It was not collected in our surveys, that were largely based on trapping using male lures.

Male lure. No known lure.

Host plants. Bred from 64 host species in 25 genera and 10 families, but predominantly infests Cucurbitaceae ( McQuate et al. 2018) . Bred from cucumber in Bangladesh ( Akhtaruzzaman et al. (1999a).

Figures

Figure 21. Dacus (Didacus) ciliatus Loew. A) Head. B) Head and scutum. C) Abdomen, male. D) Wing (after Leblanc et al. 2014). E) Lateral view, female. F) Lateral view, male.