Zeugodacus hochii

Taxonomy

Valid name: Zeugodacus (Sinodacus) hochii (Zia, 1936)
Preferred common name: None
Synonyms:
   Sinodacus hochii (original combination in Zia, 1936)
   Bactrocera hochii (subsequent combination in Liang et al., 1993 )
   Callantra hochii (subsequent combination in Hering, 1952)
   Dacus hochii (subsequent combination in Hardy and Adachi, 1954)
Sinodacus hainanus Chao and Lin, 1996 (junior synonym)
Sinodacus jiannanus Chao and Lin, 1996 (junior synonym)
   Bactrocera jiannanus (subsequent combination in Norrbom et al., 1999)
Sinodacus jinreni Chao and Lin, 1996 (junior synonym)
Sinodacus laterum Wang, 1988 (junior synonym)
   Bactrocera laterum (subsequent combination in Wang, 1998)
Sinodacus qionganus Chao and Lin, 1996 (junior synonym)
   Bactrocera qionganus (subsequent combination in Norrbom et al., 1999)
Sinodacus quaternum Wang, 1988 (junior synonym)
   Bactrocera quaterna (subsequent combination in White and Hancock, 1997)
Sinodacus rubzovi Chao and Lin, 1996 (junior synonym)

Morphology-based identification

Zeugodacus hochii can be identified reliably based on morphological characters. Spot characters are the large brown distal dot that crosses vein M (larger than the mark in Z. cucurbitae), and a black band across the face.

Molecular identification

COI sequence data can be used to identify Zeugodacus hochii (Doorenweerd et al. 2024Doorenweerd et al. 2024:
Doorenweerd C, San Jose M, Leblanc L, Barr N, Geib SM, Chung AYC, Dupuis JR, Ekayanti A, Fiegalan E, Hemachandra KS, Hossain MA, Huang C, Hsu Y, Morris KY, Maryani A. Mustapeng A, Niogret J, Pham TH, Thi Nguyen N, Sirisena UGAI, Todd T, Rubinoff D, 2024. Towards a better future for DNA barcoding: Evaluating monophyly‐ and distance‐based species identification using COI gene fragments of Dacini fruit flies. Molecular Ecology Resources 24: e13987. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13987).

Distribution

Zeugodacus hochii is widespread in Southeast Asia from Bangladesh to Vietnam and south to Sumatra in Indonesia. Its native range is unclear.

Further information

Zeugodacus hochii is reported as a "category D" pest of the fruit of Luffa cylindrica in Vargas et al. (2015)Vargas et al. (2015):
Vargas RI, Pinero JC, Leblanc L, 2015. An overview of pest species of Bactrocera fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) and the integration of biopesticides with other biological approaches for their management with a focus on the pacific region. Insects 6: 297–318. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects6020297. A category D pest is there defined as "species that have been occasionally bred from commercial/edible fruit or cucurbits".