TY - JOUR
T1 - Synonymization of key pest species within the Bactrocera dorsalis species complex (Diptera:Tephritidae): taxonomic changes based on a review of 20 years of integrative morphological, molecular, cytogenetic, behavioural and chemoecological data
AU - Schutze, Mark K.
AU - Aketarawong, Nidchaya
AU - Amornsak, Weerawan
AU - Armstrong, Karen F.
AU - Augustinos, Antonis A.
AU - Barr, Norman
AU - Bo, Wang
AU - Bourtzis, Kostas
AU - Boykin, Laura M.
AU - Caceres, Carlos
AU - Cameron, Stephen L.
AU - Chapman, Toni A.
AU - Chinvinijkul, Suksom
AU - Chomic, Anastasija
AU - De Meyer, Marc
AU - Drosopoulou, Ellena
AU - Englezou, Anna
AU - Ekesi, Sunday
AU - Gariou-Papalexiou, Angeliki
AU - Geib, Scott M.
AU - Hailstones, Deborah
AU - Hasanuzzaman, Mohammed
AU - Haymer, David
AU - Hee, Alvin K. W.
AU - Hendrichs, Jorge
AU - Jessup, Andrew
AU - Ji, Qinge
AU - Khamis, Fathiya M.
AU - Krosch, Matthew N.
AU - Leblanc, Luc
AU - Mahmood, Khalid
AU - Malacrida, Anna R.
AU - Mavragani-Tsipidou, Pinelopi
AU - Mwatawala, Maulid
AU - Nishida, Ritsuo
AU - Ono, Hajime
AU - Reyes, Jesus
AU - Rubinoff, Daniel
AU - San Jose, Michael
AU - Shelly, Todd E.
AU - Srikachar, Sunyanee
AU - Tan, Keng H.
AU - Thanaphum, Sujinda
AU - Ul Haq, Ihsan
AU - Vijaysegaran, Shanmugam
AU - Wee, Suk L.
AU - Yesmin, Farzana
AU - Zacharopoulou, Antigone
AU - Clarke, Anthony R.
PY - 2015/4
Y1 - 2015/4
N2 - Bactrocera papayaeDrew & Hancock, Bactrocera philippinensisDrew & Hancock, Bactrocera carambolaeDrew & Hancock, and Bactrocera invadensDrew, Tsuruta & White are four horticultural pest tephritid fruit fly species that are highly similar, morphologically and genetically, to the destructive pest, the Oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel) (Diptera: Tephritidae). This similarity has rendered the discovery of reliable diagnostic characters problematic, which, in view of the economic importance of these taxa and the international trade implications, has resulted in ongoing difficulties for many areas of plant protection and food security. Consequently, a major international collaborative and integrated multidisciplinary research effort was initiated in 2009 to build upon existing literature with the specific aim of resolving biological species limits among B. papayae, B. philippinensis, B. carambolae, B.invadens and B.dorsalis to overcome constraints to pest management and international trade. Bactrocera philippinensis has recently been synonymized with B. papayae as a result of this initiative and this review corroborates that finding; however, the other names remain in use. While consistent characters have been found to reliably distinguish B. carambolae from B. dorsalis, B. invadens and B. papayae, no such characters have been found to differentiate the latter three putative species. We conclude that B. carambolae is a valid species and that the remaining taxa, B. dorsalis, B. invadens and B. papayae, represent the same species. Thus, we consider B. dorsalis (Hendel) as the senior synonym of B.papayaeDrew and Hancock syn.n. and B. invadensDrew, Tsuruta & White syn.n. A redescription of B. dorsalis is provided. Given the agricultural importance of B. dorsalis, this taxonomic decision will have significant global plant biosecurity implications, affecting pest management, quarantine, international trade, postharvest treatment and basic research. Throughout the paper, we emphasize the value of independent and multidisciplinary tools in delimiting species, particularly in complicated cases involving morphologically cryptic taxa.
AB - Bactrocera papayaeDrew & Hancock, Bactrocera philippinensisDrew & Hancock, Bactrocera carambolaeDrew & Hancock, and Bactrocera invadensDrew, Tsuruta & White are four horticultural pest tephritid fruit fly species that are highly similar, morphologically and genetically, to the destructive pest, the Oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel) (Diptera: Tephritidae). This similarity has rendered the discovery of reliable diagnostic characters problematic, which, in view of the economic importance of these taxa and the international trade implications, has resulted in ongoing difficulties for many areas of plant protection and food security. Consequently, a major international collaborative and integrated multidisciplinary research effort was initiated in 2009 to build upon existing literature with the specific aim of resolving biological species limits among B. papayae, B. philippinensis, B. carambolae, B.invadens and B.dorsalis to overcome constraints to pest management and international trade. Bactrocera philippinensis has recently been synonymized with B. papayae as a result of this initiative and this review corroborates that finding; however, the other names remain in use. While consistent characters have been found to reliably distinguish B. carambolae from B. dorsalis, B. invadens and B. papayae, no such characters have been found to differentiate the latter three putative species. We conclude that B. carambolae is a valid species and that the remaining taxa, B. dorsalis, B. invadens and B. papayae, represent the same species. Thus, we consider B. dorsalis (Hendel) as the senior synonym of B.papayaeDrew and Hancock syn.n. and B. invadensDrew, Tsuruta & White syn.n. A redescription of B. dorsalis is provided. Given the agricultural importance of B. dorsalis, this taxonomic decision will have significant global plant biosecurity implications, affecting pest management, quarantine, international trade, postharvest treatment and basic research. Throughout the paper, we emphasize the value of independent and multidisciplinary tools in delimiting species, particularly in complicated cases involving morphologically cryptic taxa.
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U2 - 10.1111/syen.12113
DO - 10.1111/syen.12113
M3 - Article
VL - 40
SP - 456
EP - 471
JO - Journal of Entomology Series B, Taxonomy
JF - Journal of Entomology Series B, Taxonomy
SN - 0047-2417
IS - 2
ER -