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Symbiotic bacteria enable olive fly larvae to overcome host defences [PDF]
Ripe fruit offer readily available nutrients for many animals, including fruit fly larvae (Diptera: Tephritidae) and their associated rot-inducing bacteria.
Michael Ben-Yosef +3 more
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We examined the host status of the Australian finger lime, Citrus australiasica F. Muell. (Rutaceae), to Hawai’i’s tephritid fruit fly pests using laboratory and field studies.
Peter A. Follett +2 more
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Terellia arailerica sp. n. – a new species of tephritid flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) from Armenia [PDF]
The new species of tephritid flies Terellia arailerica sp. n. is described from Armenia (Arailer Mt.). A comparison of phalli of six similar species (T. virens (Loew, 1846), T. uncinata White, 1989, T. zerovae Korneyev, 1985, T. freidbergi V.
D.A. Evstigneev
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Two tephritid species are important pests of citrus in the Mediterranean Region. The Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann), is widely distributed, whereas the peach fruit fly, Bactrocera zonata (Saunders), has only recently been recorded in Egypt.
DELRIO, Gavino, COCCO, Arturo
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The olive fly, Bactrocera oleae (Rossi, 1790) (Diptera: Tephritidae), is the most important pest of olive trees globally, causing losses that, in the absence of control measures, can exceed 90% of the crop.
Isabel PEREIRA-CASTRO +3 more
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Influence of natal host on parasitism by Spalangia cameroni (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae)
Spalangia cameroni Perkins (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) is sold commercially as a biocontrol agent of filth flies, including the house fly, Musca domestica L. (Diptera: Muscidae). For this reason, S.
Francisco BEITIA +5 more
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Protein Stores Regulate When Reproductive Displays Begin in the Male Caribbean Fruit Fly
Many animals exhibit reproductive behavior that requires expenditure of valuable nutrients. In males of many species, competitive energetically demanding displays and the development of sexual ornaments require prior accumulation of nutrient stores ...
Clancy A. Short +2 more
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TEPHRITIDAE The new records are based on determinations of Allen Norrbom and predecessors (Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Washington, DC) of material deposited at the NMNH and Carnegie Museum. Many of these records are also found at http://www.sel.barc.usda.gov:591/diptera/ Tephritidae /TephSpecimens/search.html.
James E. O’Hara +60 more
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Notes on the frugivorous fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) fauna of western Africa, with description of a new Dacus species [PDF]
The species richness of the frugivorous fruit fly fauna of western African (in particular of Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin and Nigeria) is discussed.
White, Ian M. +8 more
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Third instar larvae of the genus Acroceratitis Hendel from North Thailand are described for the first time. They belong to A. ceratitina (Bezzi), A. distincta (Zia), A. histrionica (de Meijere), A. incompleta Hardy, and A. septemmaculata Hardy.
Alexander SCHNEIDER +3 more
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