EPPO Global Database

Zaprionus tuberculatus(ZAPRTU)

Distribution details in Cyprus

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2017: Present, restricted distribution
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present, only in some areas (2017-03)
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2017/081) : caught in traps placed in commercial fig crops (F. carica) in Nicosia district.
References
* NPPO of Cyprus (2017-03).

* Raspi A, Grassi A, Benelli G (2014) Zaprionus tuberculatus (Diptera Drosophilidae) first records from the European mainland. Bulletin of Insectology 67(1), 157-160.

* Yazzin A, David JR (2010) Revision of the Afrotropical species of Zaprionus (Diptera, Drosophilidae), with descriptions of two new species and notes on internal reproductive structures and immature stages. ZooKeys 51, 33-72.