EPPO Global Database

Zaprionus tuberculatus(ZAPRTU)

Distribution details in Brazil

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2023: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2020
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2022/096) : first recorded in January 2020 in urban parks in Brasilia (Distrito Federal) and in 2021 in several natural reserves around the city.

EPPO Reporting Service (2024/001) : trapped in the states of Minas Gerais, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Rio Grande do Sul. New host fruits: Butia capitata, Eugenia uniflora, Psidium cattleyanum, Vitis labrusca.
References
* Cavalcanti FA, Ribeiro LB, Marins G, Tonelli GS, Báo SN, Yassin A, Tidon R (2022) Geographic expansion of an invasive fly: first record of Zaprionus tuberculatus (Diptera: Drosophilidae) in the Americas. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 115(3), 267-274. https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/saab052

* Jobim K, Kaster PL, da Rosa BR, Tidon R, Garcia FR (2023) Expansion of the area of occurrence of Zaprionus tuberculatus (Diptera: Drosophilidae) in the Americas and registration of new host plants. Brazilian Journal of Biology 83, e273916. https://doi.org/10.1590/1519-6984.273916

* Moreira MM, Dias LD, Sena LC, Lino Neto J, Medeiros HF, Yotoko K (2023) First record of Zaprionus tuberculatus Malloch, 1932 (Diptera: Drosophilidae) in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 67(3), e20230031. https://doi.org/10.1590/1806-9665-RBENT-2023-0031