Abstract
This paper presents the first report of the occurrence of Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) in South America. Several samples were collected during various seasons in 2012 and 2013, and a significant number of individuals were obtained and identified. Based on the data recorded during each sampling campaign, including the locality, temperature, time of year, and number of individuals collected, several conclusions were drawn about the development of this invasion in southern Brazil.
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The financial support of this work was provided by Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES), Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul (FAPERGS - grant number 10/0028-7), Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Santa Catarina (FAPESC- N° 02/2012), and Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq), Brazil. Authors want to thanks Drs Tiago Roberto Balen and Mário Josias Muller for the assistance with the samplings, and Dr. Augusto Ferrari, Filipe Michels Bianchi, and Felipe Lorenz Simões for helping in the images capture. We also acknowledge Dr. Roque Tomasini and Mr. Calegari for the permission to collect samples in their properties.Author Contribution Statement, MD designed the experiments. MD and DCT performed the samplings. MD, DCD, JLP, and HJS identified the specimens. MD, JLP, and HJS wrote the manuscript. VLSV provided funding and assisted the study.
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Deprá, M., Poppe, J.L., Schmitz, H.J. et al. The first records of the invasive pest Drosophila suzukii in the South American continent. J Pest Sci 87, 379–383 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-014-0591-5
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