Bactrocera Macquart

David, K. J. & Ramani, S., 2019, New species, redescriptions and phylogenetic revision of tribe Dacini (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacinae) from India based on morphological characters, Zootaxa 4551 (2), pp. 101-146 : 104

Genus Bactrocera Macquart

Bactrocera Macquart, 1835 ; 452. Type species Bactrocera longicornis Macquart, 1835 , by monotypy.

Diagnosis. Abdominal tergites free; abdomen generally oval, rarely petiolate; scutellum triangular. Epandrium round to oval (posterior view), posterior lobe of surstylus as long as or shorter than anterior lobe; upper rim of lateral surstylus 0.5 of lower rim except B. rubigina and B. paraosbeckiae . Glans of phallus with well developed acrophallus and unpatterned praeputium (apomorphy) except subgenus Tetradacus , dorsal sclerite of glans with hexagonal scultpuring (visible clearly under 100x objective). Aculeus usually with four pairs of preapical setae, rarely two/not traceable in few species. Spicules on distal end of eversible membrane usually broad with several, small spine like projections, rarely with single or few conical projections.