A list of the specimens of foreign fruit flies (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae) preserved in the Insect Museum of the Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, NARO

Abstract

A list of the specimens of foreign fruit flies preserved in the general collection of the Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, NARO is provided. It contains 171 specimens of 55 species from China, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand, including 80 specimens of 11 pest species, several specimens of poorly known species, and the holotype of Dacus (Zeugodacus) katoi Hardy, 1974. Scientific names and label data of the specimens are given with adult photographs of the species. They will be also available in the Insect Inventory Search Engine (https://insect-web.rad.naro.go.jp/).