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 …

We engaged in six years of snap-shot surveys for fruit flies in rural environments and ten
protected forest areas of Bangladesh, using traps baited with male lures (cue-lure, methyl …

The tribe Dacini comprising four genera, namely Bactrocera Macquart, Dacus Fabricius,
Monacrostichus Bezzi and Zeugodacus Hendel, is a derived lineage in Tephritidae. It is one …

Two new species of genus Bactrocera Macquart, namely B.(Sinodacus) brevipunctata David
and Hancock, sp. nov. and B.(Bactrocera) furcata David and Hancock, sp. nov., are …

The Indo-Australian subgenera'Apodacus' Perkins (='Heterodaculus' Hardy, syn.
n.),'Hemizeugodacus' Hardy,'Neozeugodacus' May, stat. rev.,'Semicallantra'Drew …

For the first time, a taxonomic survey of tropical fruit fly species has been conducted in
northern Pakistan. The survey was carried out over the Spring and Autumn fruiting season …

Insects are the most interesting and diverse group of organisms on earth, many of which are
useful as pollinators of crops and wild plants while others are useful as natural enemies …

Fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) with more than 5,000 described species in six subfamilies, is
one of the largest insect families, and is among the ten largest families of the order Diptera …

A new genus and species of fruit fly, Dacimita curvifasciatus David & Hancock, gen. et sp. n.
is described from Meghalaya, India. It morphologically resembles Ichneumonopsis Hardy …

Bangladesh has fertile land and a conducive climate for the growth of various agricultural
products (Hoq et al., 2012). Agriculture is the most dominant sector of the economy of …