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- Title
Akdeniz meyve sineği Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae)'nın Kırşehir'deki ilk kaydı ve barkodlaması.
- Authors
KAYA, Tayfun; İPEKDAL, Kahraman
- Abstract
The Mediterranean fruit fly Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Tephritidae) is a cosmopolitan fruit pest occuring in the Mediterranean, Aegean and Black Sea regions of Turkey. Although it stays more limited and less dangerous, its occurrence in localized favorable habitats in Central Anatolia (Ankara) has been known for a long time. Here we provide the first record of the pest in Kırşehir (Central Anatolia). We conducted fruit (peach, pear and plum) sampling in the region and identified the emerging specimens through both morphology and molecular barcoding (partial mtCOI). We propose two hypotheses to explain presence of the medfly in Kırşehir. First, it may enter Kırşehir via fruits transported for commercial purposes from cities in southern Turkey and it may establish temporary summer populations in Kırşehir where winter temperatures are not favorable for its survival. Second, it may somehow establish permanent populations surviving low winter temperatures in Kırşehir. In order to test the latter, we placed fruits infected with the medfly, found in Kırşehir, on the ground in a fruit garden in Kırşehir and covered it with a net to protect from predation and to catch adults. We could not find any adult in the net until the following spring. This observation does not support the second hypothesis but sophisticated overwintering experiments should be conducted. Moreover, the second hypothesis can still be valid since the medfly can overwinter indoors. This study is the first record of C. capitata in Kırşehir. We also provide the first medfly mitochondrial sequence from Turkey.
- Subjects
MEDITERRANEAN Coast (Turkey); BLACK Sea Coast (Turkey); MEDITERRANEAN fruit-fly; BAR codes; FRUIT diseases &; pests; PREDATION
- Publication
Mediterranean Agricultural Sciences, 2018, Vol 31, Issue 2, p101
- ISSN
2528-9675
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.29136/mediterranean.398935