Abstract
The flies belong to the family Tephritidae of the Insect order Diptera and are referred to as Fruit flies because they infest various fruits and vegetables. Globally, Dacinae fruit flies of the genus Bactrocera Macquart are one of the most important pests of fruits and vegetables. A study was conducted during 2021, to assess the association of tephritids with different fruits and vegetables like Ber, Citrus, Guava, Mango, Bottle gourd, Cucumber and Pumpkin. A total of nine species were collected by installing traps comprising of sex attractants such as Cue-lure, Methyl Eugenol and by rearing from Infested fruits. Among nine, six species were collected through cue-lure traps namely Zeugodacus tau (Walker), Zeugodacus cucurbitae (Coq.), Bactrocera rubigina (Wang and Zhao), Zeugodacus caudatus (Fabricus), Bactrocera divenderi (Maneesh, Hancock and Prabhakar) and Dacus longicornis (Wiedemann). Two species were collected through methyl eugenol traps namely Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel) and Bactrocera zonata (Saunders). Four species namely Zeugodacus tau (Walker), Zeugodacus cucurbitae (Coq.), Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel) and Bactrocera minax (Enderlein) were recovered from infested fruits of ber, citrus, bottle gourd, cucumber and pumpkin. Species richness in different fields was maximum in citrus and from the recovery of infested fruits maximum in ber. Species composition of Z.tau was maximum in pumpkin, and bottle gourd and B. dorsalis were maximum in mango, guava, ber and citrus. Species composition of Z. tau were recovered maximum from infested pumpkin and cucumber, Z. cucurbitae were recovered maximum from infested bottle gourd and B. dorsalis were recovered maximum from infested ber and citrus fruits. Relative abundance of Z. tau was recorded maximum in pumpkin and bottle gourd and B. dorsalis was recorded maximum in mango, guava, ber and citrus. A relative abundance of Z. tau was recovered maximum in pumpkin and cucumber-infested fruits, Z. cucurbitae were recovered maximum from bottle gourd-infested fruits and B. dorsalis were recovered maximum from ber and citrus-infested fruits. In different fields, species evenness was observed maximum in citrus and from recovery of infested fruits maximum in ber.
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