Zaprionus tuberculatus(ZAPRTU)
Distribution details in Brazil (Distrito Federal)
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2025: Present, no details
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.
* 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
* Mendes MF, Lamas CJ (2025) First report of the invasive species and potential pest Zaprionus tuberculatus Malloch, 1932 (Diptera, Drosophilidae) in Pará, Brazil. Entomological Communications 7, ec07010. https://doi.org/10.37486/2675-1305.ec07010
* Mendes MF, Lamas CJ (2025) First report of the invasive species and potential pest Zaprionus tuberculatus Malloch, 1932 (Diptera, Drosophilidae) in Pará, Brazil. Entomological Communications 7, ec07010. https://doi.org/10.37486/2675-1305.ec07010