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On West African Trypetidæ (Fruit flies)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

W. M. Graham
W. M. Graham
Affiliation:
Director of the Medical Research Institute, Lagos
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The family of the Trypetidæ is of great economic importance, for among its numerous genera are to be found many pests of the orchard and farm. The flies of this family are rarely brought to the notice of Europeans in West Africa, for there farming operations are entirely in the hands of the native population and the amount of damage done by these insects is perhaps insufficiently appreciated by Europeans; but from observations made in my own gardens, during a long West African experience, I believe the loss caused by their attacks must be considerable. The flies which are responsible for the damage observed belong to two genera—Ceratitis, MacLeay, and Dacus, Fabricius.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 1 , Issue 3 , October 1910 , pp. 161 - 171
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1910

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* The additional white spots which appear on the abdomen in the figure, as well as all the white markings on the thorax, are due to reflections of light from the very shiny surface of the insect.