This two volume work surveys the entire spectrum of research on tephritid fruit flies, with individual chapters prepared by experts in the various fields of research. Part A covers taxonomy and zoogeography, pest status, biology and physiology, and behaviour, while Part B covers genetics, rearing, population detection and assessment, ecology, and control. Tephritid fruit flies are very serious pests of fruit and vegetables throughout the world. If uncontrolled these pests are capable of causing substantial crop losses, losses which cannot be tolerated. They also pose a major problem to global trade since many countries have invoked quarantine restrictions to minimize the risk of establishment of exotic species. As a consequence of their economic importance there has been a very extensive research effort devoted to various aspects of their biology, ecology and control. Some very large, innovative control programs have been carried out in several parts of the world.
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Part 1. Taxonomy and Zoogeography . Taxonomic characters used in identifying Tephritidae (R.A.I. Drew). The taxonomy and distribution of tropical and sub-tropical Dacinae (diptera: Tephritidae) (R.A.I. Drew). The taxonomy and zoogeography of the genus Anastrepha (diptera: Tephritidae) (A.L. Norrbom, R.H. Foote). Contribution towards the zoogeography of the Tephritidae (P.A. Maddison, B.J. Bartlett). Part 2. Pest Status. Mediterranean region (P. Fimiani). Southern Africa (D.L. Hancock). Part 3. Biology and Physiology. Nutrition. Requirements (J.A. Tsitsipis). The symbionts of Rhagoletis (D.J. Howard). Bacteria associated with fruit flies and their host plants (R.A.I. Drew, A.C. Lloyd). Oogenesis and spermatogenesis (D.L. Williamson). The effect of ionizing radiation on reproduction (G.H.S. Hooper). Mating pheromones. Tropical Dacines (J. Koyama). Dacus oleae (B.E. Mazomenos). Ceratitis capitata (O.T. Jones). Rhagoletis spp. (B.I. Katsoyannos). The role of pheromones in the mating system of Anastrepha fruit flies (J.L. Nation). Host. Marking pheromones (A.L. Averill, R.J. Prokopy). Parapheromones (R.T. Cunningham). Acclimation, activity levels and survival (A. Meats). Water relations of Tephritidae (A. Meats). The sensory physiology of pest fruitflies: conspectus and prospectus (M.J. Rice). Temperature - development rate relationships of the immature stages and adults of tephritid fruit flies (B.S. Fletcher). Part 4. Behaviour. Fruit fly foraging behavior (R.J. Prokopy, B.D. Roitberg). Response to shape, size and color (B.I. Katsoyannos). Behavioural partitioning of the day and circadian rhythmicity (P.H. Smith). Reproductive and mating behaviour (J. Sivinski, T. Burk). Host plant resistance to tephritids: an under-exploited control strategy (P.D. Greany). General Index. Species Index.
