In 2018, a problem that emerged in cucumber cultivation areas of southeastern Anatolia Region (Diyarbakır, Mardin, Siirt and Şırnak) was investigated. Dacus ciliatus Loew, 1862 (Diptera: Tephritidae) was found in the region causing damage to melons and watermelons. Dacus ciliatus is a polyphagous species, included on in the European quarantine list by the European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization, that causes economic losses in plants, especially in the Cucurbitaceae. This report of D. ciliatus is the first for agriculture and the fauna Tephritidae in Turkey.

In this paper, the authors report the first record of Drosophila suzukii Matsumura (Diptera: Drosophilidae) in the areas of the Republic of Cyprus not under the effective control of the government of the Republic of Cyprus. This pest was found in September 2016 on Prunus armeniaca L. in Morfou and identification of the pest was carried out by the first author.

total, 11 species belonging to 4 genera of the family Drosophilidae were identified as the result of the study and some of these are immensely invasive and threaten remarkably fruit cultures. In the results, Drosophila immigrans (Sturtevant), D. melanogaster (Meig.), D. subobscura (Collin), D. suzukii (Matsumura), Zaprionus indianus (Gupta) and Z. tuberculatus (Gupta) were found to be common. Conclusions: Most drosophilids obtained in this study are thought to be widely dispersed natural populations in Turkey biomes and two Drosophilidae species recently recorded from Turkey. Significance and Impact of the Study: This results emphasizes the importance of regional biodiversity studies with scientific collections.

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This study was conducted to determine the species belonging to the Tephritidae (Diptera) family in the cherry cultivations in Adana province and surroundings. Samples were collected with periodic and non-periodical survey from host plants in cherry orchards during 2015-2018. In this study, nine species belonging to Tephritidae family were found. These species were; Rhagoletis cerasi (Linnaeus, 1758),