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Bactrocera carambolae and B. papayae are major fruit fly pests and sympatric sibling species of the B. dorsalis complex. They possess distinct differences in male pheromonal components. In the 1990’s, wild Bactrocera fruit flies with morphological traits intermediate between those of B. carambolae and B. papayae were often captured in traps baited with methyl eugenol (ME). Chemical analyses of rectal glands of ME-fed males revealed that the laboratory F1, F2, and backcross hybrids possessed ME-derived sex pheromonal components ranging from that typical of B. papayae to that of B. carambolae without any specific trend, which included a combination of pheromonal components from both parental species within an individual hybrid. ME-fed hybrids without any ME-derived pheromonal components were also detected. Further chemical analysis of rectal glands from wild Bactrocera males, after ME feeding in the laboratory, showed a combination of pheromonal components similar to that found in the ME-fed, laboratory-bred hybrids. These findings present circumstantial evidence for the occurrence of a natural hybrid of the two Bactrocera species.
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We are grateful to R. Nishida (Kyoto University, Japan) for providing the various chemical compounds, and we also thank Agrisense-BCS Ltd. (UK) for the supply of synthetic methyl eugenol. This work was funded by Malaysian IRPA grant (NO: 01-02-05-9007) and partly supported by the International Atomic Energy Agency (Contract No. 10570).
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Wee, SL., Tan, KH. Evidence of Natural Hybridization Between Two Sympatric Sibling Species of Bactrocera dorsalis Complex Based on Pheromone Analysis. J Chem Ecol 31, 845–858 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-005-3548-6
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