| Literature DB >> 29416395 |
Camiel Doorenweerd1, Luc Leblanc2, Allen L Norrbom3, Michael San Jose1, Daniel Rubinoff1.
Abstract
The correct application of the scientific names of species is neither easy nor trivial. Mistakes can lead to the wrong interpretation of research results or, when pest species are involved, inappropriate regulations and limits on trade, and possibly quarantine failures that permit the invasion of new pest species. Names are particularly challenging to manage when groups of organisms encompass a large number of species, when different workers employ different philosophical views, or when species are in a state of taxonomic flux. The fruit fly tribe Dacini is a species-rich taxon within Tephritidae and contains around a fifth of all known species in the family. About 10% of the 932 currently recognized species are pests of commercial fruits and vegetables, precipitating quarantines and trade embargos. Authoritative species lists consist largely of scattered regional treatments and outdated online resources. The checklist presented here is the first global overview of valid species names for the Dacini in almost two decades, and includes new lure records. By publishing this list both in paper and digitally, we aim to provide a resource for those studying fruit flies as well as researchers studying components of their impact on agriculture. The list is largely a consolidation of previous works, but following the results from recent phylogenetic work, we transfer one subgenus and eight species to different genera: members of the Bactrocera subgenus Javadacus Hardy, considered to belong to the Zeugodacus group of subgenera, are transferred to genus Zeugodacus; Bactrocera pseudocucurbitae White, 1999, stat. rev., is transferred back to Bactrocera from Zeugodacus; Zeugodacus arisanicus Shiraki, 1933, stat. rev., is transferred back to Zeugodacus from Bactrocera; and Z. brevipunctatus (David & Hancock, 2017), comb. n.; Z. javanensis (Perkins, 1938), comb. n.; Z. montanus (Hardy, 1983), comb. n.; Z. papuaensis (Malloch, 1939), comb. n.; Z. scutellarius (Bezzi, 1916), comb. n.; Z. semisurstyli (Drew & Romig, 2013), comb. n.; and Z. trilineatus (Hardy, 1955), comb. n. are transferred from Bactrocera to Zeugodacus.Entities:
Keywords: Bactrocera; Dacus; Zeugodacus; cryptic; global; pest
Year: 2018 PMID: 29416395 PMCID: PMC5799784 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.730.21786
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Zookeys ISSN: 1313-2970 Impact factor: 1.546
Figure 1.Accumulation of described species in through time, with publications that featured large numbers of newly described species indicated at their respective moment. The first species was described in 1790, but during the past fifty years the number of recognized [or known] species has more than doubled to reach the current 932.
Number of described species per region.
| Worldwide | Africa | Asia-Pacific | |
|---|---|---|---|
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| 932 | 207 | 730 |
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| 461 | 13 | 451 |
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| 196 | 1 | 195 |
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| 273 | 193 | 81 |
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| 2 | 0 | 2 |