Bactrocera oleae (Rossi, 1790)

Harym, Younes El & Belqat, Boutaina, 2017, First checklist of the fruit flies of Morocco, including new records (Diptera, Tephritidae), ZooKeys 702, pp. 137-171 : 138

Bactrocera oleae (Rossi, 1790)

Literature record.

Morocco, Rif: Tangier ( Becker and Stein 1913). First record for the Middle and Anti Atlas.

New records.

Rif: El Haouta, 1♂, 30-I-2014 (net sweeping); Oued Maâza (Tarik El Ouasâa), 5♂♂, 1♀ 18-III-2015 (reared); Cascade Chrafate, 1♂, 28-IV-2015 (net sweeping); Koudia El Aouinate, 3♂♂, 6♀♀, 12-XII-2015 (net sweeping); Lâazaba, 2♂♂, 12-XII-2015 (net sweeping); Dhar Sbagh Mâasra, 2♂♂, 12-XII-2015 (net sweeping); El Hajria, 1♀, 13-XII-2015 (net sweeping). Middle Atlas: Sensla, 1♂, 1♀, 14-VII-2016 (net sweeping). Anti Atlas: Route Bab El Khemis, 2♂♂, 2♀♀, 14-V-2015 (net sweeping).

Host plant.

Fruits of Olea europea L. from which the specimens were both reared and collected by sweep-netting.

World distribution.

Mediterranean region, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Angola, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Sudan, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Madeira, Canary Islands, North Africa, Israel, Lebanon, Jordan, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, Caucasus, Pakistan, nw. India, USA, Mexico ( Séguy 1930, Munro 1984, White and Hancock 1997, Norrbom et al. 1999, Copeland et al. 2004, White 2006).