Zeugodacus tau

TaxID: 137263

Basic Information

Zeugodacus tau

Tau Fly

Zeugodacus tau (syn. Bactrocera tau), the pumpkin fruit fly or the tau fruit fly, is a species of fruit fly in the family Tephritidae. The species is native to tropical and subtropical Asia. It is a major pest species of melons and other cucurbits. In 2023 the tau fruit fly was found in California. In response, the California Department of Food and Agriculture imposed a quarantine on a portion of Los Angeles County.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Arthropoda

Insecta

Diptera

Tephritidae

Zeugodacus

tau

nan

Photos (5 photos)

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(c) Eric Ching@BY-NC
Zeugodacus tau
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(c) 花跳@BY-NC
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(c) ck_rainbow@BY-NC
Zeugodacus tau
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(c) ck_rainbow@BY-NC
Zeugodacus tau
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(c) Vivek Babu Girija@BY-NC-SA

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (40 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Argentina A1 list 2019
Australia Quarantine pests —
Austria Quarantine pest ((EU) 2019/2072 Annex II A) 2021
Belgium Quarantine pest ((EU) 2019/2072 Annex II A) 2021
Bulgaria Quarantine pest ((EU) 2019/2072 Annex II A) 2021
Switzerland A1 list 2022
Chile A1 list 2024
China Quarantine pest 2021
Cyprus Quarantine pest ((EU) 2019/2072 Annex II A) 2021
Czechia Quarantine pest ((EU) 2019/2072 Annex II A) 2021
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Distribution (0 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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No distribution records available.

Genomes (1 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Assembly Accession Assembly Level Genome Size(Mb) Contig N50(Kb) Scaffold N50(Kb) BUSCO% Downloads Actions
GCA_031772095.1 Chromosome 420 4231 77309 -

Transcriptomes (3 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR28675610 whole body - - 22334911 China:Jiangxi
SRR28675609 whole body - - 23405659 China:Jiangxi
SRR28675608 whole body - - 22666029 China:Jiangxi

DNA Barcodes (855 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
QUA005-15 BOLD:AAA5440 COI-5P 658 China - -
MVTBI310-09 BOLD:AAA5440 COI-5P 658 Bangladesh 2008-01-01 23.7231, 90.4086
MVTBI309-09 BOLD:AAA5440 COI-5P 602 Bangladesh 2008-01-01 23.7231, 90.4086
MVTBI308-09 BOLD:AAA5440 COI-5P 658 Bangladesh 2008-01-01 23.7231, 90.4086
MVTBI300-09 BOLD:AAA5440 COI-5P 658 Malaysia 2008-01-01 2.0333, 103.3167
MVTBI251-09 BOLD:AAA5440 COI-5P 617 China 2008-01-01 22.0883, 101.0247
KHCTE211-16 BOLD:AAA5440 COI-5P 666 Thailand 2014-09-05 7.53333, 99.7833
KHCTE195-16 BOLD:AAA5440 COI-5P 627 Thailand 2015-06-12 7.53333, 99.7833
KHCTE188-16 BOLD:AAA5440 COI-5P 681 Thailand 2015-09-09 7.53333, 99.7833
KHCTE151-16 BOLD:AAA5440 COI-5P 684 Thailand 2015-03-09 7.53333, 99.7833
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Literature