The pumpkin fly <i>Dacus frontalis</i> (Diptera: Tephritidae): a new pest of curcubits in Tunisia

Hafsi, Abir; Abbes, Khaled; Harbi, Ahlem; Othmen, Soukaina Ben; Limem, E.; Elimem, Mohamed; Ksantini, Mohieddine; Chermiti, Brahim

doi:10.1111/epp.12204

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“…Angola, Congo, Eritrea, Namibia, Kenya, KSA, Yemen, South Africa, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe [53]. Sudan [54]; Tunisia [55]; Algeria, Morocco, Egypt and Libya [56].…”

Section: Family Tephritidaementioning

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Survey of Insects Associated with some Species of Cucurbitaceae in Iraq

Al-Saffar,

Augul,

Ali

2024

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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Due to the spread of insect pests that destroys the crops belonging to the Cucurbitaceae family and led to deterioration in crop productivity in Iraq due to various reasons, the most important of which is Climate fluctuation and extreme weather events have a major impact on this problem. So, this paper was proposed to identify those species pests and prevalence. Insects were collected during the period from March 1. 2022 to October 30, 2022 from the several regions of Iraq, including: Baghdad, Babylon, Basra, Karbala, Wasit, Diyala, Saladin, and Duhok Provinces. The results showed 19 important species under 17 genera with 13 families, and five orders. The most common synonyms and distribution of species, as well as the plant hosts were provided; and the scientific names have been corrected according to the recent references. The date and localities of the specimens’ collection were presented. In conclusion, the species of Dacus frontalis Beecker, 1922 and D. ciliates Loew, 1862 were the most abundant pests in studied regions, especially Diyala, Wasit, and Baghdad Provinces. In contrast to Carpomya pardalina (Bigot, 1891), which was the least prevalent among the recorded species.

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“…Angola, Congo, Eritrea, Namibia, Kenya, KSA, Yemen, South Africa, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe [53]. Sudan [54]; Tunisia [55]; Algeria, Morocco, Egypt and Libya [56].…”

Section: Family Tephritidaementioning

confidence: 99%

Survey of Insects Associated with some Species of Cucurbitaceae in Iraq

Al-Saffar,

Augul,

Ali

2024

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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“…The pumpkin fruit y, Dacus frontalis (Becker) (Diptera:Tephritidae), is one of the economically damaging fruit y species that caused a negative impact on food security in areas where it is established and in newly invaded ranges (Elghadi & Port, 2019; Foottit & Adler, 2009, Hafsi et al, 2015a. This fruit y species is originated from South Africa ( rstly detected in 1916) and is widely distributed in Africa and Middle East.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In recent years, responding to climate warming that relaxes climatic barriers to establishment, D. frontalis has gradually spread and expanded its geographical distribution to new ranges and emerging as a serious pest that threatens the cucurbit fruit industry of these areas. Since the rst detection of D. frontalis in Libya in 1992, it has spread rapidly across most of the regions in North Africa, invading Tunisia, Algeria, and recently Morocco in 2017 (Elghadi & Port, 2019; Hafsi et al, 2015a). This tephritid species was considered locally as a serious pest of fruit species belonging to Cucurbitaceae family (Ekesi et al, 2007;El Harym & Belqat, 2017;Hafsi et al, 2015a) and could be arranged as highly serious agricultural quarantine pests.…”

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Life-history traits of Dacus frontalis Becker (Diptera: Tephritidae) reared at four constant temperatures

Hafsi,

Abbes,

Duyck

et al. 2024

Phytoparasitica

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Dacus frontalis (Diptera: Tephritidae) is an emerging species affecting fruit production in Africa and can poses a serious risk to Cucurbitaceae fruit producing industry in Europe as a response to climat change. To understand how temperature impacts specie's tness, population dynamics and consequently its invasive potential, we studied for the rst time survival and development time of immature stages, and longevity and fecundity of D. frontalis adults in laboratory at four constant temperatures of 15, 20, 25 and 30°C. Results showed that temperature has signi cant effect on the survival, development, reproduction and longevity of the pumpkin fruit y. The highest survival rates of egg, larvae, pupae, female and male adults were observed at 20°C. The developmental time of immature stages and from egg to adult signi cantly decreased with increasing temperature from 15 to 30°C. Female produces signi cantly the highest number of eggs at 20°C, but no oviposition was observed at 15°C. Pupae are able to survive at 15°C with highest development time, suggesting that this tephritid species can overwinter as pupae in the eld. The thermal requirement can explain the seasonality of D. frontalis observed in North Africa and a temperature range of 20 ± 1°C appears to be most suitable for the population growth as well as the rearing of this insect in the laboratory. Practical implications for pest management were discussed.

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“…Dacus frontalis Becker is one of the economically damaging fruit fly species having a negative impact on food security in Africa (Foottit and Adler 2009). The fly is widely distributed in Africa and some parts of Asia (Steffens 1982;Ba-Angood 1977;Abukhashim et al 2003a;White 2006;Mwatawala et al 2010;El-Hawagry et al 2013;Gameel 2013;De Meyer et al 2013;Redha 2013;Badii et al 2015;Hafsi et al 2015). In Libya, the first observation of the fly was in 1992 in Marzak farms in the south (Ramadan Abdallah 2002).…”

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Area-Wide Management of Fruit Fly Pests

Pérez‐Staples¹,

Dı́az-Fleischer²,

Montoya³

et al. 2019

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The pumpkin fly Dacus frontalis (Diptera: Tephritidae): a new pest of curcubits in Tunisia

Cited by 9 publications

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Survey of Insects Associated with some Species of Cucurbitaceae in Iraq

Survey of Insects Associated with some Species of Cucurbitaceae in Iraq

Life-history traits of Dacus frontalis Becker (Diptera: Tephritidae) reared at four constant temperatures

Area-Wide Management of Fruit Fly Pests

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