Taxonomy
Valid name:
Zeugodacus (
Zeugodacus)
diversus (Coquillett, 1904)
Preferred common name: None
Synonyms:
Dacus diversus (original combination in Coquillett, 1904)
Asiadacus diversa (subsequent combination in Perkins, 1937)
Asiadacus diversus (subsequent combination in Perkins, 1938)
Bactrocera diversa (subsequent combination in Bezzi, 1913)
Chaetodacus diversus (subsequent combination in Bezzi, 1916)
Dacus citronellae Kapoor & Katiyar, 1969 (junior synonym)
Dacus latifae Anwar Cheema, 1964 (junior synonym)
Dacus quadrifidus Hendel, 1928 (junior synonym)
Morphology-based identification
Zeugodacus diversus can be identified reliably based on morphological characters. Spot characters are the almost all black scutum, a small infuscation around CuA1, and a keel-shaped extension of the supernumerary lobe in the males.
Molecular identification
COI sequence data can be used to identify
Z. diversus (
Doorenweerd et al. 2024Doorenweerd et al. 2024:
Doorenweerd C, San Jose M, Leblanc L, Barr N, Geib SM, Chung AYC, Dupuis JR, Ekayanti A, Fiegalan E, Hemachandra KS, Hossain MA, Huang C, Hsu Y, Morris KY, Maryani A. Mustapeng A, Niogret J, Pham TH, Thi Nguyen N, Sirisena UGAI, Todd T, Rubinoff D, 2024. Towards a better future for DNA barcoding: Evaluating monophyly‐ and distance‐based species identification using COI gene fragments of Dacini fruit flies. Molecular Ecology Resources 24: e13987. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13987).
Distribution
Zeugodacus diversus is widespread across mainland Southeast Asia from Pakistan to Vietnam. Its native range is unclear.
Further information
Zeugodacus diversus is reported as a "category C" pest of Cucurbitaceae flowers in
Vargas et al. 2015Vargas et al. 2015:
Vargas RI, Pinero JC, Leblanc L, 2015. An overview of pest species of Bactrocera fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) and the integration of biopesticides with other biological approaches for their management with a focus on the pacific region. Insects 6: 297–318. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects6020297. A category C pest is there defined as "relatively minor oligophagous or specialist fruit or cucurbit pests".
