Fruit Flies

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxxiii

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2. Morphology and Biosystematics

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. The Fruit Fly Biosystematic Information Data Base

      • F. C. Thompson, A. L. Norrbom, L. E. Carroll, I. M. White

      Pages 3-7

   3. Mitochondrial DNA Variation in Anastrepha fraterculus

      • G. J. Steck, W. S. Sheppard

      Pages 9-14

   4. Evolutionary Patterns in Specialist and Generalist Species of Anastrepha

      • J. S. Morgante, D. Selivon, V. N. Solferini, S. R. Matioli

      Pages 15-20

   5. Evolutionary Biology of Certain Chilean Rhagoletis Species

      • D. Frias

      Pages 21-28

   6. Scanning Electron Microscopy and Its Taxonomic Significance in Fruit Flies

      • R. Paul, J. S. Grewal, V. C. Kapoor

      Pages 29-30

   7. Taxonomy, Distribution, and Natural Host Plants of Anastrepha Fruit Flies in Mexico

      • V. Hernandez-Ortiz

      Pages 31-34

   8. Fruit Flies in Belize, Central America

      • R. O’Doherty, J. E. Link

      Pages 35-37

   9. Occurrence and Distribution of Anastrepha in Melon Production Areas in Brazil

      • A. S. Do Nascimento, J. S. Morgante, A. Malavasi, K. Uramoto

      Pages 39-42

   10. Morphology and Histology of Salivary and Pleural Glands of Anastrepha from Brazil

       • M. D. Barros

       Pages 43-44

3. Physiology

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 45-45

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   2. The Endocrine System of the Tephritidae

      • J. G. Stoffolano Jr., S. W. Applebaum, C. M. Yin

      Pages 47-50

   3. Egg Development in Anastrepha suspensa: Influence of the Ecdysone Agonist, RH 5849

      • P. O. Lawrence

      Pages 51-56

4. Genetics

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 57-57

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   2. Recent Advances and Future Directions in Tephritid Population Genetics

      • B. A. McPheron

      Pages 59-64

   3. Effect of Phenology on Allele Frequency Divergence in Apple Maggot Fly Populations

      • B. A. McPheron, H.-Y. Han

      Pages 65-69

   4. Drosophila melanogaster as a Model System for Fruit Flies of Economic Importance: The Vitelline Membrane Protein 32E Gene Regulatory Sequences

      • S. Giglioti, G. Gargiulo, A. Manzi, F. Graziani, C. Malva

      Pages 71-76

   5. Molecular Genetic Studies of Tephritid Species in Hawaii

      • D. Haymer, J. Anleitner, S. Thanaphum, M. He, L. Arcangeli

      Pages 77-78

   6. Molecular and Genetic Studies of Alcohol Dehydrogenase of Ceratitis capitata

      • G. Gasperi, D. Kafetzopoulos, C. Savakis, A. S. Robinson, T. Loukeris, L. Baruffi et al.

      Pages 79-80

Fruit flies are enormously important economic pests, as California has learned over the past few years (remember the Mediterranean Fruit Fly?). The problem is expected to get worse, and issues of both basic research and control measures are very important for this pest. This book is the edited, camera-ready proceedings of a recent international symposium on fruit flies of economic importance. It covers current knowledge of fruit fly physiology, genetics, morphology and behavior. It discusses action programs for controlling and using fruit flies in agronomy, as well as the problem of fruit flies in the fruit growing industry.

• Pheromon
• development
• ecology
• ecosystem
• environment
• morphology

• Instituto de Ecologia, A.C., Xalapa, Mexico

  Martin Aluja

• Centro de Investigaciones Ecologicas del Sureste, Tapachula, Mexico

  Pablo Liedo

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