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Dioxyna sororcula

Tiny Fruitfly

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Tiny Fruitfly

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: RANGE incl. Indonesia/Australia - Tuamotu; n. to Taiwan; s. to Rapa

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent, Naturalised; S.Group - widespread; N.Group - unknown; Land

KEY FEATURES: Minute fly to 2mmBL. HEAD with yellow face. WINGS clear with dark blotches, including 5 extending onto the front edge. ABDOMEN female has dark eg-laying extension. LEGS pale with dark section on thighs.

Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Makatea: Present
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
+++		+++	+++	+++	+++

Northern Group:
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW

Key to Symbols

blank	no data
-	absent	L	localised
X	extinct 'naturally'	W	widespread
XQi	quarantine intercepted	R	recent
XQe	eradicated	?	query preceding category
P	present	T?	taxonomic query
S	seasonal	nn	present, said to have no name
O	occasional	?1	present, name not investigated
++++	very common	?2	presence not verified, no name recorded
+++	common	N/A	absent, name not expected
++	uncommon
+	rare
Cook Islands islands: RR =Rarotonga, MG = Mangaia, AT =‘Ātiu, MK=Ma‘uke, MT=Miti‘āro, AK=Aitutaki, PL=Palmerston, PN=Penrhyn, MN=Manuae, TK=Takūtea, TN=Tongareva (TS=Tongaleva Spoken, TW=Tongareva Written, they say "el" but write "r"), MH=Manihiki, RK=Rakahanga, PK=Pukapuka, NS=Nassau, SW=Suwarrow. After a Polynesian name: ^=orthography query. Countries and other: FIJ=Fiji, WT=Wallis & Futuna, SAM=Samoa, TON=Tonga, NIU=Niue, CK=Cook Islands, CKM=Cook Islands Māori, FP=French Polynesia, AUS=Australs, SOC=Societies, TAH=Tahiti, TUA=Tuamotus, MQS=Marquesas, MNG=Mangareva, PIT=Pitcain group, EAS=Easter Island, HAW=Hawai‘i, NZ=New Zealand, NZM=New Zealand Māori

Scientific Taxonomy

Dioxyna sororcula (Wiedemann, 1830)
TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; ATELOCERATA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PTERYGOTA; Diptera; TEPHRITIDAE

More Information

IDENTIFICATION: Minute fly to 2mmBL. HEAD with large eyes, face yellow. THORAX grey, long black bristles, and wings. WINGS clear with extensive brown blotches, with 5 blotches reach forward edge (incl. the one at the tip); fore-edge with short bristles. ABDOMEN female has black abdominal extension for egg laying. LEGS light brown with dark section on thighs.

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga many specimens, lowlands, 1977 & 1979, N.L.H.Krauss, in BPBM as Dioxyna sororcula. Atiu many specimens, central highlands, 1976, N.L.H.Krauss, in BPBM as Dioxyna sororcula. Mauke many specimens, Kimiangatau, 1976, N.L.H.Krauss, in BPBM as Dioxyna sororcula. Mitiaro many specimens, Takaue, 1979, N.L.H.Krauss, in BPBM as Dioxyna sororcula. Aitutaki many specimens, several locations, 1976, 1977 & 1979, N.L.H.Krauss, in BPBM as Dioxyna sororcula.

References:
None recorded.

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB04a, zM05a, zD04a

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org.
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