FIRST RECORDS OF ZAPRIONUS INDIANUS (DIPTERA: DROSOPHILIDAE), A PEST SPECIES ON COMMERCIAL FRUITS FROM PANAMA AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

By K. van der Linde, G. Steck, K. Hibbard, J. Birdsley, L. Alonso, David Houle. 2006

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Zaprionus indianus Gupta 1970 (Diptera: Drosophilidae) is native to Africa, the Middle East, and southern Eurasia (Chassagnard & Kraaijeveld 1991; Baichli 1999-2005). It was first found in the Americas in 1999, when it was reported from Sao Paulo, Brazil (Vilela 1999). Since then, it has spread rapidly through Brazil (Santos et al. 2003; Tidon et al. 2003; Ledo & Tidon 2004; da Silva et al. 2005) and Uruguay (Goni et al. 2001, 2002) and has been predicted to reach the USA in the near future (David et al. 2006). Here we report the first records of Z. indianus from Panama and the USA. On 6 and 7 Oct 2003, DH collected several individuals of Z. indianus on Isla Contadora, Panama. KH reared several individuals of Zaprionus (Steck 2005) from fruits of longan, Dimocarpus longan Lour., and Barbados cherry, Malpighia emarginata Sess6 & Moc. ex DC., collected on 26 Jul 2005 in St. Lucie Co., Florida. Dr. C. Ribeiro Vilela confirmed the identification as Z. indianus.

Subfields: Insect Science, Plant Science

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First records of the potential pest species Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) in Europe (2012, background): “Contrary to D. suzukii, Z. indianus breeds only on fallen fruits or on damaged fruits still on the tree with the exception of figs where its particular morphology of egg-guides gives easy and direct access to the soft contents of the fruits (Vander Linde et al. 2006).”
Invasive and flexible: niche shift in the drosophilid Zaprionus indianus (Insecta, Diptera) (2010, background): “Lately, it has been introduced to South America, where it was first recorded in 1998 (Vilela 1999) and has since increased its range throughout the Americas (Goñi et al. 2001; Tidon et al. 2003; Van Der Linde et al. 2006).”