Records of Frugivorous Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacini) from the Comoro Archipelago

M. De Meyer; S. Quilici; A. Franck; A. C. Chadhouliati; M. A. Issimaila; M. A. Youssoufa; A.-L. Abdoul-Karime; A. Barbet; M. Attié; I. M. White

doi:10.5733/afin.053.0104

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1 June 2012 Records of Frugivorous Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacini) from the Comoro Archipelago

M. De Meyer, S. Quilici, A. Franck, A. C. Chadhouliati, M. A. Issimaila, M. A. Youssoufa, A.-L. Abdoul-Karime, A. Barbet, M. Attié, I. M. White

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African Invertebrates, 53(1):69-77 (2012). https://doi.org/10.5733/afin.053.0104

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This paper summarizes current knowledge of the occurrence of Dacini fruit flies in the Comoro archipelago of the Indian Ocean. Ten species are confirmed as occurring there: Bactrocera invadens Drew, Tsuruta & White, 2005, Dacus bivittatus (Bigot, 1858), D. ciliatus Loew, 1862, D. etiennellus Munro, 1984, D. punctatifrons Karsch, 1887, D. vertebratus Bezzi, 1908 (all Dacina), Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann, 1824), C. malgassa Munro, 1939, Neoceratitis cyanescens (Bezzi, 1923), and Trirhithrum nigerrimum (Bezzi, 1913) (all Ceratitidina). Records of Bactrocera Cucurbitae (Coquillett, 1899) remain unconfirmed. The fauna of the Comoros is briefly compared to that of other islands in the western Indian Ocean.

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M. De Meyer, S. Quilici, A. Franck, A. C. Chadhouliati, M. A. Issimaila, M. A. Youssoufa, A.-L. Abdoul-Karime, A. Barbet, M. Attié, and I. M. White "Records of Frugivorous Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacini) from the Comoro Archipelago," African Invertebrates 53(1), 69-77, (1 June 2012). https://doi.org/10.5733/afin.053.0104

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