A small survey of introduced Zaprionus indianus (Diptera: Drosophilidae) in orchards of the eastern United States.

ABSTRACT: The African fig fly, Zaprionus indianus (Gupta), is a generalist fruit fly that typically breeds in decaying fruits from over 70 plant species. The species has spread globally from its native range in tropical Africa, becoming an invasive pest on ripening figs in Brazil. First reported in the United States in 2005 in Florida, Z. indianus has since been documented as far north as Canada and is hypothesized to recolonize northwards from southern refugia each year. We sampled drosophilid communities over the growing season at 2 orchards in Virginia from 2020 to 2022 and 11 orchards along the East Coast during the fall of 2022 to quantify the abundance of Z. indianus relative to other drosophilids across locations, seasons, and fruit crops. Massachusetts had the northernmost population, with n

SUBMITTER: Rakes LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10590155 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature