Solanum anguivi Lam.

McQuate, Grant T. & Liquido, Nicanor J., 2013, Annotated World Bibliography of Host Fruits of Bactrocera latifrons (Hendel) (Diptera: Tephritidae), Insecta Mundi 2013 (289), pp. 1-61 : 26

Solanum anguivi Lam.

GRIN Nomen number: 310328

Family: Solanaceae

Common Name: African eggplant.

Native: AFRICA - Northeast Tropical Africa: Eritrea; Ethiopia; Somalia; East Tropical Africa: Tanzania; Uganda; West-Central Tropical Africa: Cameroon; Equatorial Guinea - Bioko; Rwanda; Zaire; West Tropical Africa: Cote D’Ivoire; Ghana; Guinea; Liberia; Nigeria; Senegal; Sierra Leone; South Tropical Africa: Angola; Malawi; Mozambique; Zambia; Zimbabwe; Southern Africa: South Africa - Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal; Swaziland; Western Indian Ocean: Madagascar; ASIA-TEMPERATE - Arabian Peninsula: Arabia.

Field Infestation: Allwood et al. 1999: From fruit collections in Peninsular Malaysia (1986 to 1988) and in East Malaysia (Sabah and Sarawak) and Thailand (1990 to 1994), B. latifrons was recovered from 8 samples. No infestation rate data given.

Mwatawala et al. 2009: Mostly after October 2006, a total of 9,749 fruits (8.88 kg) was collected in the Morogoro region of Tanzania. Bactrocera latifrons was recovered from 30 out of 49 collections (61%) with an overall average infestation rate of 66.1 emerged adults per kg fruit.

Mziray et al. 2010a: From April 2007 to March 2008, fruits were collected weekly, as available, at the Sokoine University of Agriculture horticulture unit ( Tanzania), with an average monthly infestation rate (for months where B. latifrons was recovered) of 131.1 B. latifrons per kg fruit, with B. latifrons recovered from about 93.3% of collections.

Mziray et al. 2010b: From March 2007 to March 2008, a total of 6,003 fruits (10.27 kg) was collected from the Morogoro region of Tanzania. Bactrocera latifrons was recovered in 65 of 70 collections (92.9%) with an overall infestation rate of 118.7 B. latifrons per kg of fruit (124.3 flies per kg infested fruits). (Given the common name “African eggplant” in the paper, but this common name also is attributed to Solanum aethiopicum and S. macrocarpon .)

Solanum blodgettii Chapm. , see Solanum erianthum D. Don

Solanum capsicastrum Link ex Schauer , see Solanum pseudocapsicum L.

Solanum caribaeum Dunal , see Solanum americanum Mill.

Solanum diflorum Vell. , see Solanum pseudocapsicum L.