B. correcta B. dorsalis B. oleae B. tryoni B. zonata B. divenderi Hundreds more Bactrocera is a large genus of tephritid fruit flies, with close to 500 species currently described and accepted.

[1] The genus name is derived from Ancient Greek bakter "rod" and kera "horn".

Prior to the 1990s, almost all Dacini species were described in the genera Dacus or Strumeta.

[2] The subgeneric treatments have only partly adopted this latest change, but are indicated here to reflect the most modern - DNA based - insights.

[3][4] Many subgenera are defined within this genus:[5][6][7][8][9][10] On the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site Other