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6th International Congress of DipterologyBactrocera invadens: taxonomy and some biological aspectsin Sri Lanka (Diptera: Tephritidae)Tsuruta, K.Entomological Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 812-8581 JAPAN (Moji Plant Protection Station, Kitakyushu, 801-0841 JAPAN)Bactrocera (Bactrocera) invadens belonging to B. dorsalis species grouphas only been known from Sri Lanka in Asia and has recently invadedAfrican countries. I have made fruit fly surveys in Sri Lanka from 1993 to1999 and have conducted taxonomic study based on the collected material.Drew et al. described B. invadens in 2005. As B. dorsalis has beenrecorded from Sri Lanka in previous catalogues (Delfinado & Hardy, 1977;Norrbom et al., 2000), it is neccessary to revise B. dorsalis species groupin Sri Lanka. Therefore I examined 11 species collected from Sri Lankaincluding B. invadens, B. kandiensis and B. paraverbascifoliae which aremethyl eugenol responding species and B. dorsalis mainly collected fromTaiwan. The results of morphological, ecological, and biological studiesshow that the taxon recorded as B. dorsalis in Sri Lanka is referred to B.invadens. Information on hostplants, distribution, seasonal abundance andparasite (braconid wasp) of B. invadens in Sri Lanka is additionallypresented.Key Words: Bactrocera invadens, Sri Lanka, Dacini, Bactrocera dorsalis,taxonomy∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗276

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