Description of a new species of Dacus from Sri Lanka, and new country distribution records (Diptera, Tephritidae, Dacinae)

By

Leblanc, Luc 1963-
Doorenweerd, Camiel
San Jose, Michael
Sirisena, U.G.A.I.
Hemachandra, K.S.
Rubinoff, Daniel

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2018

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

795

Pages

105-114

Subjects

Bactrocera , Dacini , Pest , taxonomy , Zeugodacus

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.795.29140

 

Abstract

A fruit fly survey in the Sinharaja and Knuckles National Parks in Sri Lanka (2016), using traps baited with the male lures methyl eugenol, cue-lure, and zingerone, yielded 21 species of Dacini fruit flies. Of these, three species, viz.BactroceraamarambalensisDrew,B.dongnaiaeDrew & Romig, andB.rubigina(Wang & Zhao), are new country occurrence records, and Dacus (Mellesis) ancoralis Leblanc & Doorenweerd,sp. n.is described as a new species. The Sri Lankan Dacini fruit fly fauna is now comprised of 39 species.