First reports of the invasive pest Bermudagrass Stem Maggot, Atherigona reversura Villeneuve, 1936 (Diptera: Muscidae), in South America

By

Patitucci, Luciano Damian
Dufek, Matias I.
Mulieri, Pablo R.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2016-7-15

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

12

Series / Issue

Issue: 4

Pages

1928--5

Subjects

Argentina , Exotic species , fly , muscoid , pest crops , world distribution

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/12.4.1928

 

Abstract

This study presents the first occurrence of Atherigona reversura in South America. This muscid, commonly known as shoot-fly, is a significant pest of cereal crops throughout the Old World tropics and subtropics. Several specimens were collected during various months in 2014 and 2015. These new records are dispersed in a wide geographical area of temperate and subtropical regions of eastern Argentina. The main host of A. reversura, the exotic bermudagrass Cynodon dactylon, is considered a pest and is widely distributed in South America.