EPPO Global Database

Zaprionus tuberculatus(ZAPRTU)

Distribution details in Türkiye

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2021: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2011
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2014/107) : first found in August 2011 in Adana area (urban, suburban environments, as well as in forested rural areas).

From Zengin (2020): found in Uşak province (Aegean region).

From Özbek Çatal et al. (2021): found in Adana, Hatay, Kahramanmaraş, Mersin, Osmaniye (Eastern Mediterranean region).
References
* Özbek Çatal B, Çalişkan Keçe AF, Ulusoy MR (2021) Distribution and host plants of Drosophilidae (Diptera) species detected in fruit orchards of the Eastern Mediterranean Region of Turkey. Mustafa Kemal University Journal of Agricultural Sciences 26(2), 431-442. https://doi.org/10.37908/mkutbd.873838

* Patlar B, Koc B, Yilmaz M, Ozsoy ED (2012) First records of Zaprionus tuberculatus (Diptera: Drosophilidae) from the Mediterranean Region, Turkey. Drosophila Information Service 95, 94-96. https://doi.org/10.25085/rsea.790104

* Zengin E (2020) Occurrence of invasive species and seasonal dynamics of fruit flies (Diptera: Drosophilidae) species in Uşak province, Turkey. Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina 79(1), 21-30.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Bulgaria Present, few occurrences view...
Greece Kriti Present, no details view...
Greece Present, no details view...