Drosophila suzukii

Drosophila suzukii
Male and female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Drosophilidae
Genus: Drosophila
Subgenus: Sophophora
Species group: melanogaster
Species subgroup: suzukii
Species:
D. suzukii
Binomial name
Drosophila suzukii
(Matsumura, 1931)[1]

Drosophila suzukii, commonly called the spotted wing drosophila or SWD, is a fruit fly. D. suzukii, originally from southeast Asia, is becoming a major pest species in America and Europe, because it infests fruit early during the ripening stage, in contrast with other Drosophila species that infest only rotting fruit.[2]

Native to east Asia, D. suzukii was first described in 1931 by Shōnen Matsumura, it was observed in Japan as early as 1916 by T. Kanzawa.[3]

D. suzukii is a fruit crop pest and is a serious economic threat to soft summer fruit; i.e., cherries, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, peaches, nectarines, apricots, grapes, and others.[4] Research investigating the specific threat D. suzukii poses to these fruit is ongoing.[5]

  1. ^ Matsumura, S. (1931). 6000 illustrated insects of Japan-Empire (in Japanese). Tokyo, Japan: Toko Shoin. pp. 1689 [367].
  2. ^ Walsh, Douglas B.; Bolda, Mark P.; Goodhue, Rachael E.; Dreves, Amy J.; Lee, Jana; Bruck, Denny J.; Walton, Vaughn M.; O'Neal, Sally D.; Zalom, Frank G. (2011). "Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae): invasive pest of ripening soft fruit expanding its geographic range and damage potential". Journal of Integrated Pest Management. 2 (1): G1–G7. doi:10.1603/IPM10010. S2CID 86098875.
  3. ^ Kanzawa, T. 1939 Report. Translated from Japanese by Shinji Kawaii
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference WSUrelease was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Herring, P. Grant funds help regional effort to combat spotted wing drosophila. 29 April 2010. http://extension.oregonstate.edu/news/story.php?S_No=729&storyType=news.