Advances in next‐generation sequencing have allowed the use of DNA obtained from unusual sources for wildlife studies. However, these samples have been used predominantly to sequence mitochondrial DNA for species identification while population genetics analyses have been rare. Since next‐generation sequencing allows indiscriminate detection of all DNA fragments in a sample, technically it should be possible to sequence whole...

Phytophagous insects of the genus Bactrocera are among the most economically important invasive fruit fly pests. In 2003, an unknown Bactrocera species was found in Kenya. First identified as an ‘aberrant form’ of the Asian B. dorsalis complex, it was later recognized as a new species, Bactrocera invadens . Within 2 years of its discovery, the species was recorded in several African countries, becoming an important quarantine...