"A taxonomic treatise of the tropical fruit flies of Papua New Guinea, Indonesian Papua, associated islands and Bougainville, with an updated record of all known species of Dacinae that occur in this geographic area including descriptions of 66 new species out of an entire list of 296 known species covered"--.

• Cover
• The Fruit Fly Fauna (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacinae) of Papua New Guinea, Indonesian Papua, Associated Islands and Bougainville
• Copyright
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Abstract
• Introduction
• Materials and Methods
• Species and Speciation
• Status of the Name Bactrocera papayae Drew & Hancock
• Supraspecific Classification
  • Evolutionary origins of the Dacini
  • The host plant and its influence on speciation in the Dacini
• Systematic Analysis of the Fauna of Papua New Guinea and Associated Biogeographical Territories
  • Key to genera and subgenera recorded in the Australian-Pacific region
• Species of Dacini Recorded from Papua New Guinea, Indonesian Papua (West Papua, Central Papua, Papua), Associated Islands and Bougainville
• Major Pest Species in Papua New Guinea
  • Bactrocera (Bactrocera) bryoniae (Tryon)
  • Bactrocera (Bactrocera) frauenfeldi (Schiner) (mango fruit fly)
  • Bactrocera (Bactrocera) musae (Tryon) (banana fruit fly)
  • Bactrocera (Bactrocera) neohumeralis (Hardy)
  • Bactrocera (Bactrocera) papayae Drew & Hancock (Asian papaya fruit fly)
  • Bactrocera (Bactrocera) trivialis (Drew)
  • Bactrocera (Bactrocera) umbrosa (Fabricius)
  • Bactrocera (Javadacus) cucurbitae (Coquillett) (melon fly)
  • Bactrocera (Javadacus) decipiens (Drew) (pumpkin fruit fly)
  • General notes on pest species
• Taxonomy
  • Descriptions of new species 25
    • Genus Bactrocera Macquart
    • Genus Dacus Fabricius
• New Information on Known Species
  • Bactrocera (Bactrocera) daruensis Drew
  • Bactrocera (Bactrocera) denigrata (Drew), stat. rev(Fig. 67)
  • Bactrocera (Bactrocera) longicornis Macquart(Fig. 68)
  • Bactrocera (Bactrocera) nigella (Drew)(Fig. 69)
  • Bactrocera (Bactrocera) thistletoni Drew(Fig. 70)
  • Bactrocera (Bactrocera) torresiae Huxham & Hancock(Fig. 71)
• New Geographical Distribution Records
• New Male Lure Records
• New Host Plant Records
• Figures
• References
• Index
• Back