Population Dynamics and Diversity of Tephritid Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) under Mid Hill Conditions of Himachal Pradesh
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Fruit Flies, <i>Bactrocera, Dacus sphaeroidalis, Dacus longicornis</i>.Abstract
Studies on population dynamics and diversity of tephritid fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) under mid hill conditions of Himachal Pradesh using Palam fruit fly traps revealed the prevalence of fruit flies species Bactrocera (Zeugodacus) tau (Walker), Bactrocera (Zeugodacus) cucurbitae (Coquillett), Bactrocera (Zeugodacus) scutellaris (Bezzi), Bactrocera zonata (Saunders), Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel), Bactrocera divenderi (Maneesh, Hancock and Prabhakar), Dacus longicornis (Wiedemann) and Dacus sphaeroidalis (Bezzi). Among different fruit fly species trapped, Bactrocera divenderi was the most dominant species followed by B. dorsalis and B.tau. Among abiotic factors, temperature showed positive correlation with trap catches.Downloads
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