Tephritid Workers Database
Tephritid Workers Database is a web based database collecting and sharing information on tephritid fruit flies, one of the most economically important group of insect species that treat fruit and vegetable production and trade worldwide. Because these species are increasingly becoming important, a tremendous amount of information is made available each year: new technologies developed, new information on their biology and ecology; new control methods made available, new species identified, new outbreaks recorded and new operational control programmes launched.
Tephritid Workers Database was developed by a group of tephritid fruit fly workers, with the support of the Insect Pest Control Section of the Joint FAO/IAEA programme to allow each Tephritid fruit fly worker worldwide to keep up-to-date on the most recent developments and providing an easily accessible and always available resource.
For the history, in the past, a very useful newsletter with information on fruit fly workers was issued annually under the auspices of [the International Organisation of Biological Control (IOBC). Unfortunately this newsletter is no longer maintained. Tephritid Workers Database (TWD) is self-maintained by the participants and its development depends on the active contribution of the members.
Launched on May 2004 on the internet, the TWD database has now more than 720 members from 86 countries and is sponsoring or hosting other regional fruit fly working groups.
More information:
Regional Groups:
• [Tephritid Workers of Europe Africa and Middle East (TEAM)]
• [Tephritid Workers of the Pacific]
• [International Centre for Management of Pest Fruit Fly]
• Tephritid Workers of the Western Hemisphere (database not yet available)
Examples of pest tephritid fruit flies:
• [Mediterranean fruit fly Ceratitis capitata]
• [South American fruit fly Anastrepha fraterculus]
Tephritidae links
• [True Fruit Flies (Diptera, Tephritidae) of the Afrotropical Region]
• [Caribbean Fruit Fly, Anastrepha suspensa (Loew) web site]
• [Pest Fruit Flies of the World (latest version)]
• [Panel on plant health of the European Food Safety Authority]
• [The Diptera site]