Open AccessFirst record of Zaprionus indianus (Gupta, 1970) (Diptera Drosophilidae) from Bangladesh
Author(s) -
Saima Rahman,
Deponkor Kumar Roy,
Mohammad Shamimul Alam
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
biodiversity journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2039-0408
pISSN - 2039-0394
DOI - 10.31396/biodiv.jour.2020.11.3.757.760
Subject(s) - drosophilidae , pest analysis , biology , calliphoridae , drosophila (subgenus) , zoology , botany , horticulture , gene , genetics , larva , drosophila melanogaster
Zaprionus indianus (Gupta, 1970) (Diptera Drosophilidae), also known as African fig fly, isconsidered as the primary pest only to fig fruits along with secondary pest to other fruits. Its oc-currence has been reported from many countries but not previously reported from Bangladesh.With this note, we report here the first observation of Z. indianus from Bangladesh. Fly sampleswere collected by using yeast-banana traps. The species was identified by morphological char-acteristics and mitochondrial COI gene sequence.