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First report of the Sub-Saharan Africa 2 species of the Bemisia tabaci complex in the Southern France

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An extensive survey was conducted in the major crop producing regions of France, Spain, Greece, Tunisia and Morocco from 2003 to 2010, to determine the geographical distribution of the Bemisia tabaci Gennadius (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) complex in the Mediterranean basin. Based on diagnostic and highly discriminatory molecular markers (mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I, COI, gene sequences and nuclear microsatellites) and multiple complementary genetic diagnostic approaches including population assignment and phylogenetic reconstruction, the two worldwide invasive members of the complex, Med and MEAM1 species, were shown to be present, with Med being the most prevalent. In addition, the sub-Saharan Africa 2 (SSA2) species was, for the first time, reported in Southern France in 2007 on soybean and nightshade either alone or in sympatry with B. tabaci populations of the middle-eastern Mediterranean group (i.e., Q2 Med). This first occurrence of SSA2 in France, although detected in a relatively small area illustrates the capacity of multiple members of the B. tabaci complex to invade new regions, and emphasizes the possible risk caused by the entry of a new species, such as the SSA2 species, in the Mediterranean area.

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Acknowledgements

Data used in this work were partly produced through the technical facilities of the “Centre Méditerranéen Environnement Biodiversité” in Montpellier, France, as well as at the University of California, Berkeley. We are thankful to Judith Brown for providing a reference SSA2 Spanish sample (S biotype) collected in 1995 from Ipomoea indica and Caroline Duret for her technical help. The authors thank the reviewers and the editor for the valuable comments made on the first submitted version of the manuscript.

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    Nathalie Gauthier

  2. Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, 130 Mulford Hall, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720-3114, USA

    Margarita Hadjistylli & George K. Roderick

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Hadjistylli, M., Roderick, G.K. & Gauthier, N. First report of the Sub-Saharan Africa 2 species of the Bemisia tabaci complex in the Southern France. Phytoparasitica 43, 679–687 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12600-015-0480-3

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