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Anastrepha serpentina found on citrus in Brazil © Jorge Valdez, CC BY-SA 3.0 license

We’ve selected a few of the latest new geographic, host and species records for plant pests and diseases from CAB Abstracts. Records this fortnight include the first time the sapote fruit fly has been found on citrus in Brazil, Fusarium species causing cucumber rot in Iran, and a new species of nematode discovered in India.

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• First record of Anastrepha serpentina (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Tephritidae) in citrus in Brazil.
  Lemos, W. P.; Silva, R. A. da; Araújo, S. C. A.; Oliveira, E. L. A.; Silva, W. R. da (2011) Neotropical Entomology 40 (6): 706-707.
• Fusarium rot in cucumber greenhouses of Jiroft region.
  Hatami, N.; Zadeh, H. R. Z.; Aminaee, M. M.; Zohdi, H. (2012) Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection 45 (3): 325-338.
• Echinochlamydosporium variabile, a new genus and species of Zygomycota from soil nematodes.
  Jiang XianZhi; Yu HanYing; Xiang MeiChun; Liu XiaoYong; Liu XingZhong (2011) Fungal Diversity 46 (1): 43-51.
• An invasive pentatomid pest in Argentina: Neotropical brown stink bug, Euschistus heros (F.) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae).
  Saluso, A.; Xavier, L.; Silva, F. A. C.; Panizzi, A. R. (2011) Neotropical Entomology 40 (6): 704-705.
• A new and a known species of Dorylaimoidea (Nematoda: Dorylaimida) from West Bengal, India with a key to the species of the subgenus Axonchium Cobb, 1920.
  Sen, D.; Chatterjee, A.; Manna, B. (2011) Nematologia Mediterranea 39 (2): 111-119.
• Records of Meloidogyne enterolobii on guava orchards and weeds in the State of São Paulo, Brazil.
  Almeida, E. J.; Alves, G. C. S.; Santos, J. M.; Martins, A. B. G. (2011) Nematologia Brasileira 35 (1/2): 50-52.
• Aphid fauna (Hemiptera Aphididae) and their host association of Chott Mariem, coastal area of Tunisia.
  Halima, M. K. B. (2012) Annals of Biological Research 3 (1): 1-11.
• First record of species of Liogenys (Coleoptera, Melolonthidae) associated with winter grain crops in Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil).
  Cherman, M. A.; Guedes, J. V. C.; Morón, M. A.; Prá, E. dal; Perini, C. R.; Jung, A. H. (2011) Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 55 (4): 618-620.
• First report of root rot caused by Ilyonectria (=Neonectria) macrodidyma on avocado (Persea americana) in Italy.
  Vitale, A.; Aiello, D.; Guarnaccia, V.; Perrone, G.; Stea, G.; Polizzi, G. (2012) Journal of Phytopathology 160 (3): 156-159.
• First report of oblique banded leafroller Choristoneura rosaceana (Harris) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) in apple in Ejido Vista Hermosa, Ciudad Cuauhtemoc, Chihuahua, Mexico.
  Bautista Martínez, N.; Chavarín Palacio, C.; López Bautista, E. (2011) Acta Zoologica Mexicana 27 (3): 819-824.

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