Diagnosis
Morphological – adult
Features include:
- medium sized species
- medium sized black facial spots present
- postpronotal lobes and notopleura yellow
- scutum dull black (although some Cape York Peninsula specimens have a lot of brown on the scutum, however, recent molecular data indicates some of these
- may be B. opiliae), mesopleural stripe reaching midway between anterior margin of notopleuron and anterior npl. seta, lateral postsutural vittae present
- medial postsutural vitta absent, scutellum yellow
- wing with a narrow fuscous costal band and anal streak, cells bc and c colourless with microtrichia in outer corner of cell c only
- abdominal terga III-V may vary from uniformly orange-brown to orange-brown with a fuscous to black medial longitudinal band and fuscous to black anterolateral corners on tergum III
- posterior lobe of male surstylus short
- female with aculeus tip needle shaped (Drew 1989; pers. comm. Drew 2010).
Morphological – larvae
See White and Elson-Harris 1992 p. 217.
Molecular
DNA barcoding
BOLD reference data available to distinguish B. musae s.s. from at least the non-pest species in the B. musae complex, B. conterminal, B. prolixa, B. rufivitta, and B. tinomiscii (Drew et al. 2011).
However other species within the complex that are not represented in BOLD could confound diagnosis.
COI data
B. musae MUS002 Classic morphology Folmers COI
B. musae MUS003 Abdomen variation Folmers COI
B. musae MUS004 Abdomen variation Folmers COI
B. musae MUS005 Abdomen variation Folmers COI
B. musae MUS006 Abdomen variation Folmers COI
B. musae MUS007 Scutum variation Folmers COI
B. musae MUS009 Abdomen variation Folmers COI
B. musae MUS010 Scutum variation Folmers COI
B. musae MUS011 Abdomen variation Folmers COI
B. musae MUS013 Wing variation Folmers COI
B. musae MUS015 Classic morphology Folmers COI
B. musae MUS016 Abdomen/Scutum variation Folmers COI
B. musae MUS019 Scutum variation Folmers COI
B. musae MUS020 Abdomen/Scutum variation Folmers COI
B. musae MUS021 Abdomen/Scutum variation Folmers COI
B. musae MUS022 Abdomen variation Folmers COI
B. musae MUS023 Abdomen/Scutum/Wing variation Folmers COI
DDOSTs2 data
B. musae MUS002 Classic morphology DDOSTs2
B. musae MUS005 Abdomen variation DDOSTs2
B. musae MUS015 Classic morphology DDOSTs2
B. musae MUS020 Abdomen/Scutum variation DDOSTs2
EIF3L data
B. musae MUS002 Classic specimen EIF3L
B. musae MUS004 Abdomen variation EIF3L
B. musae MUS005 Abdomen variation EIF3L
B. musae MUS011 Abdomen variation EIF3L
B. musae MUS015 Classic specimen EIF3L
B. musae MUS016 Abdomen/Scutum variation EIF3L
B. musae MUS020 Abdomen/Scutum variation EIF3L
B. musae MUS023 Abdomen and Scutum and Wing variation EIF3L
FCOI data
B. musae MUS003 Abdomen variation FCOI
B. musae MUS020 Abdomen/Scutum variation FCOI
B. musae MUS021 Abdomen/Scutum variation FCOI
POP4 data
B. musae MUS002 Classic morphology POP4
B. musae MUS004 Abdomen variation POP4
B. musae MUS005 Abdomen variation POP4
B. musae MUS011 Abdomen variation POP4
B. musae MUS013 Wing variation POP4
B. musae MUS015 Classic morphology POP4
B. musae MUS016 Abdomen/Scutum variation POP4
B. musae MUS020 Abdomen/Scutum variation POP4
B. musae MUS023 Abdomen/Scutum/Wing variation POP4
RPA2 data
B. musae MUS002 Classic morphology RPA2
B. musae MUS005 Abdomen variation RPA2
B. musae MUS015 Classic morphology RPA2
B. musae MUS020 Abdomen/Scutum variation RPA2
PCR-RFLP Test 1
BsrI: 600, 250
HinfI: Does not cut
HhaI: 630, 220
Sau3AI: Does not cut
SnaBI: 320, 520
SspI: Does not cut
Vspl: Does not cut
Approximate ITS1 fragment length – gel: 820 bp.
PCR-RFLP Test 2
CfoI and NcoI are diagnostic amongst other Bactrocera species and genera.
See Restriction enzyme haplotype chart and Diagnostic restriction patterns, but species within the B. musae complex have not been tested.