The key accommodates characters to distinguish between adults of 23 fruit fly species of the subfamily Dacinae, which might be thought-about of financial significance to the European Union area and related regions. The short list of 23 species contains the three goal fruit flies (Bactrocera dorsalis, B. zonata and Ceratitis capitata) and a variety of species carefully associated to those. It was composed after session with different potential end-users (NPPOs,the European Reference Laboratories for Insects and Mites, EPPO). In addition, for every species a condensed datasheet is offered with the basic information regarding morphology, biology, host vary, distribution, influence and administration. Also, hyperlinks to more extended info sources have been included for every species.

This key's composed within the framework of the EU H2020 venture “FF-IPM” (In-silico boosted pest prevention low season focus IPM towards new and rising fruit flies, H2020 grant agreement Nr 818184). The permission by Plant Health Australia (PHA) to be used of some of their images and character states is significantly acknowledged. Copyright of these photographs remain with PHA.

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