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Mohammad Shamimul Alam

  • Biodiversity Journal, 11 (3): 757-760

    Sadniman Rahman, Deponkor Kumar Roy & Mohammad Shamimul Alam
    First record of Zaprionus indianus (Gupta, 1970) (Diptera Drosophilidae) from Bangladesh
    https://doi.org/10.31396/Biodiv.Jour.2020.11.3.757.760

    ABSTRACT
    Zaprionus indianus (Gupta, 1970) (Diptera Drosophilidae), also known as African fig fly, is considered as the primary pest only to fig fruits along with secondary pest to other fruits. Its occurrence has been reported from many countries but not previously reported from Bangladesh. With this note, we report here the first observation of Z. indianus from Bangladesh. Fly samples were collected by using yeast-banana traps. The species was identified by morphological characteristics and mitochondrial COI gene sequence.