Bactrocera (Zeugodacus) yoshimotoi (Hardy)

Drew, R. A. I., Romig, M. C. & Dorji, C., 2007, Records Of Dacine Fruit Flies And New Species Of Dacus (Diptera: Tephritidae) In Bhutan, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 55 (1), pp. 1-21 : 12-13

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5331152
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5398868
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scientific name	Bactrocera (Zeugodacus) yoshimotoi (Hardy)
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Bactrocera (Zeugodacus) yoshimotoi (Hardy) View in CoL

Dacus (Strumeta) yoshimotoi Hardy, 1973: 53 View in CoL . Holotype male in BPBM.

Bactrocera (Bactrocera) yoshimotoi View in CoL – Hardy, 1977: 52; Norrbom et al., 1998: 96.

Bactrocera (Zeugodacus) yoshimotoi View in CoL – White & Evenhuis, 1999: 534.

Material examined. – BHUTAN: 12 males ( 10 May.2002) , 11 males ( 17 May.2002), 7 males ( 24 May.2002), Rimchu , coll. C. Dorji ; 2 males ( 10 May.2000), 29 males ( 17 May.2000), 24 males ( 24 May.2000), 3 males ( 31 May.2000), 11 males ( 7 Jun.2000), 18 males ( 28 Jun.2000), 13 males ( 5 Jul.2000), 12 males ( 19 Jul.2000), 27 males ( 23 Jul.2000), 4 males ( 26 Jul.2000), 4 males ( 2 Aug.2000), 12 males ( 10 Aug.2000), 11 males ( 16 Aug.2000), 33 males ( 30 Aug.2000), 50 males ( 6 Sep.2000), 37 males ( 12 Sep.2000), 47 males ( 20 Sep.2000), 17 males ( 27 Sep.2000), 1 male ( 5 Oct.2000), Rimchu trap No. 1, coll. C. Dorji ; 25 males ( 4 May.2000), 26 males ( 10 May.2000), Rimchu trap No. 1, coll. B.S. Fletcher ; 22 males, Rimchu trap No. 1, 21 Jun.2000, coll. Nado et al .; 4 males, Rimchu trap No. 1, 14 Jun.2000, coll. Nado & Tshomo ; 3 males, Rimchu trap No. 2, 4 May.2002, coll. B.S. Fletcher ; 1 male, Rimchu trap No. 2, 28 Jun.2000, coll. C. Dorji ; 1 male ( 10 May.2000), 1 male ( 17 May.2000), Lumitshawa , coll. C. Dorji ; 3 males ( 3 Jul.2000), 4 males ( 21 Aug.2000), Tsirang, Suntalay ; 1 male, Tsirang, 7 Aug.2000 ; 1 male, Phuentsholing , 6 May.2000, coll. S. Thapa. All specimens attracted to cue lure. Specimens in NPPC and QDPI .

Diagnosis. – A small to medium sized species; face fulvous with a pair of small to large transverse oval black spots; postpronotal lobes and notopleura yellow; two narrow lateral postsutural vittae; a moderately broad medial postsutural vitta; mesopleural stripe slightly wider than notopleuron dorsally; scutellum yellow; wing with a narrow fuscous costal band confluent with R 2+3 and remaining narrow beyond apex of this vein before widening across apex of R 4+5, a broad fuscous cubital streak; cells bc and c colourless; microtrichia in outer corner of cell c only; abdominal terga III and IV red-brown with a general black ‘T’ pattern on each tergum, tergum V red-brown with a broad medial longitudinal black band and moderately broad black lateral margins.

Attractant. – Cue lure.

Distribution. – Vietnam. New record for Bhutan.

Hosts. – No known record.

Remarks. – Bactrocera (Zeugodacus) yoshimotoi (Hardy) is readily distinguished by the face with transverse oval black spots, postpronotal lobes and notopleura yellow, two sc. setae, femora entirely fulvous, a strong supernumerary lobe in the male wing, abdominal terga III and IV with separate black ‘T’ patterns and tergum V with a medial longitudinal black band and lateral margins black. It is not a pest species.