First record of the invasive vinegar fly Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura)(Diptera: Drosophilidae) from eastern Turkey

Abstract

Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura, 1931) (Diptera: Drosophilidae) is native to East Asia and invasive on the European and American continents. The first records in both Europe and the United States were in 2008. Since that year, it has widely moved across these continents. As D. suzukii females lay eggs in healthy ripening fruits of several species, particularly in small soft fruits and berries, the species causes agricultural damage. The soft thin-skinned fruit pest, identified as D. suzukii, has been found in Erzurum, Turkey, where damaged strawberry crops were observed and cultured in the middle of August and September 2014. Initially, 2 adults, 3 pupae, and several larvae were observed. Emergence of male and female adults continued for 10 more days. Here we report the first finding of D. suzukii in Turkey.

Population development of Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura) (Diptera: Drosophilidae) in vineyards of Çanakkale Province

“…Baser et al (2015) reported that D. suzukii populations continue throughout the year in southern Italy due to the suitable temperature and moisture, feeding on hosts such as blackberry, fig, grape, jujube, plum and rose hip, and reaching their maximum number in December. Orhan et al (2016) reported D. suzukii in the Erzurum Province in August and September 2014 in strawberry fruit. Emiljanowicz et al (2014) reported that D. suzukii lives for about 86 d at 22°C and 25% RH, with the longest life span of 154 d. They also report that females lays about 5.7 eggs/d totaling about 636 eggs over their entire life span.…”

“…Drosophila suzukii was first recorded in Turkey in August 2014 in strawberry in Erzurum Province (Orhan et al, 2016). It was then recorded during observations on fly species causing damage in Çanakkale Province in September 2014 in vineyards after which related studies were started .…”

“…The most important characteristic that distinguishes D. suzukii from other Drosophilidae species is its ability to oviposition during the pre-ripening period of the fruit with saw-shaped oviposition tubes (Baser et al, 2015;Ögür et al, 2018). The failure to detect infested fruits during and after the harvest period, hatching of the larvae after the harvest period, feeding on fruit tissue thereby damaging the fruit tissue and secondary infections (fungi and bacteria) in wounds inflicted during oviposition result in a decrease in marketable fruit, shortened shelf life and significant economic losses (Bolda et al, 2010;Walsh et al, 2010;Orhan et al, 2016;Önder et al, 2016;Tozlu et al, 2016;Ögür et al, 2018).…”

Bacterial Communities of Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura, 1931) (Diptera: Drosophilidae) Damaged in Strawberry in Turkey

“…From this date on, the first records in Italy [6], France [7], Switzerland [8], Slovenia [9], Croatia [10], Austria [11], United Kingdom, Portugal [12], Germany [13], Belgium [14], Hungary [15], Serbia [16], Bosnia and Herzegovina [17], Bulgaria [18], Greece (Crete Island) [19], Poland [20] and Japan [21] were reported. The first record in Turkey was in Erzurum in August-September 2014 [22].…”

NEW RECORD FOR SPOTTED WING DROSOPHILA, Drosophila suzukii (MATSUMURA, 1931) (DIPTERA: DROSOPHILIDAE) IN KARAMAN, CENTRAL ANATOLIA

“…Even though males and females of D. suzukii can be easily detected by these distinguishing features of the two sexes, similar characters are present in some other closely related Drosophila species, such as Drosophila subpulchrella, Drosophila pulchrella, Drosophila immacularis and Drosophila immigrans (Hauser, 2011;Cini et al, 2012;EPPO, 2013Asplen et al, 2015. (Milek et al, 2011), Austria (NPPO of Austria, 2012), Netherlands (NPPO of Netherlands, 2012), Portugal (NPPO of Portugal, 2012), Germany (Vogt et al, 2012), United Kingdom (EPPO, 2012), Hungary (Kiss et al, 2013), Slovak Republic (NPPO of Slovak Republic, 2014), Czech Republic (NPPO of the Czech Republic, 2014), Greece (Máca, 2014), Poland (NPPO of Poland, 2014), Bulgaria (NPPO of Bulgaria, 2014), Bosnia and Herzegovina (Ostojić et al, 2014), Serbia (Toševski et al, 2014), Ireland (NPPO of Ireland, 2015), Romania (Chireceanu et al, 2015), Montenegro (Radonjić and Hrnčić, 2015), Sweden (NPPO of Sweden, 2016), Turkey (Orhan et al, 2016) and the last record was from Cyprus (NPPO of Cyprus, 2017). (Legend: Present, Transient).…”