This insect belongs to the family Tephritidae, suborder Brachyceratopsid, order Diptera, class Insecta. Its body length is 6-7.5 mm, its wingspan 6-6.5 mm, and its body is yellowish brown. The ground color of its thorax is black, and its dorsal surface has four vertical stripes made of grayish white powder. The shoulder tubercle, both side lines behind the transverse line, and the scutum are all bright yellow (but turn yellowish brown in dried specimens). The wings are transparent, and the marginal pattern and the thin anterior margin following it, as well as the oblique band on the anal vein, are all blackish brown. The larvae are a major international pest that infests citrus fruits, bananas, papayas, mangoes, and 35 other families of plants (mainly fresh fruit), and are widely distributed in the tropical and subtropical regions of the Orient and Hawaii. It has been known since the Taisho era that this species is distributed in the Ogasawara Islands and the southwest islands south of Amami Oshima in Japan, but in 1974 (Showa 49) it also invaded Yakushima and Tanegashima (but did not establish itself) as melon flies moved north after World War II. Since adult males of this species are very effectively attracted to methyl eugenol, the population density was reduced by using this agent in combination with poisonous agents from 1968 (Showa 43), and large-scale eradication control projects were carried out in succession in the habitats by using the sterile insect release method. As a result, the control was successful, and eradication was confirmed in August 1993 (Heisei 5) after trapping and killing on Yonaguni Island, and the species was virtually extinct in Japan. However, vigilance against reinvasion continues. [Shushiro Ito] [Reference] |©Tatsuo Ikeda ©Kenzo Otawa ©Kei Daishoji "> Major types of flies (2) Buccal group - wingless… Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend |
昆虫綱双翅(そうし)目短角亜目ミバエ科に属する昆虫。体長6~7.5ミリメートル、翅長6~6.5ミリメートル、体は黄褐色。胸部の地色は黒色で、背面には灰白色粉からなる4縦条がある。肩瘤(けんりゅう)、横線後方の両側線、小楯板(しょうじゅんばん)はいずれも鮮黄色(ただし乾燥標品では黄褐色となる)。はねは透明で、縁紋とそれに続く細い前縁部、臀脈(でんみゃく)斜帯はいずれも黒褐色。幼虫は柑橘(かんきつ)類、バナナ、パパイヤ、マンゴーのほか35科にわたる植物(主として生果実)につく国際的な大害虫で、東洋の熱帯、亜熱帯およびハワイに広く分布する。日本では小笠原諸島(おがさわらしょとう)と奄美大島(あまみおおしま)以南の南西諸島に分布することは、大正年間から知られていたが、第二次世界大戦後ウリミバエの北上とともに、1974年(昭和49)には屋久島(やくしま)と種子島(たねがしま)にも侵入(ただし定着せず)した。本種の雄成虫はメチルオイゲノールにきわめて効果的に誘引されるので、1968年(昭和43)以降、本剤と毒剤との併用によって生息密度を下げ、さらに大規模な不妊虫放飼法(ふにんちゅうほうしほう)による根絶防除事業が生息地で順次行われた。その結果、防除効果が奏効して1993年(平成5)8月与那国島(よなぐにじま)での誘殺を最後に根絶が確認されたことをもって、日本では実質的に絶滅した。しかし、再侵入に対する警戒は続行されている。 [伊藤修四郎] [参照項目] |©池田達夫 ©大多和鐘三 ©大聖寺慶"> ハエのおもな種類(2)有額嚢群―無弁翅… 出典 小学館 日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)について 情報 | 凡例 |
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