HISTORY OF THE WORKING GROUP ON FRUIT FLIES OF THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE Year |
Meeting |
Venue, Name of Local organiser, participants and countru numbers |
80’s |
Medfly Working Group |
Tapachula, Chis., Mexico; Honolulu, HI, and San Jose, CA, USA. G. Rowher, D. Lindquist. |
Sept. 22-25 1987 |
1st Anastrepha Working Group |
Metapa, Chis., México. G. Rowher, J. Gutierrez-Samperio. |
1989 |
2nd Anastrepha WG + Medfly WG |
Sao Roque, S. Paulo, Brazil. D. Lindquist, D. Chambers, A. Malavasi, J. Morgante. |
1990 |
Medfly WG + 3rd Anastrepha WG |
Antigua, Guatemala, in conjunction with ISFF. C. Calkins, D. Lindquist, D. Chambers.
Proposal of WGFFWH |
1992 |
1st WGFFWH |
San Jose, Costa Rica. A. Malavasi, N. Leppla, H. Camacho. |
1994 |
WGFFWH (not numbered) |
Clearwater, Florida, USA in conjunction with ISFF. Pat Greany |
1996 |
2nd WGFFWH |
Viña de Mar, Chile. D. Frías, A. Malavasi & R. Sugayama. |
July 4-9, 1999 |
3rd WGFFWH |
Guatemala City, Guatemala. Pedro Rendón, 162 participants, 21 countries. |
Nov. 25–30, 2002 |
4th WGFFWH |
Mendoza, Argentina. O. De Longo, P. Riera, 162 participants, 21 countries. |
May 16–23, 2004 |
5th WGFFWH |
Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA. R. Heath, N. Epsky, 226 participants, 33 countries. |
Sept. 10-15, 2006 |
6th WGFFWH |
Salvador, Bahia, Brazil in conjunction with ISFF. A. Malavasi 387 participants, 55 countries. |
Nov. 2-7, 2008 |
7th WGFFWH |
Mazatlán, México. P. Montoya & P. Rendón, 243 participants |
July 30 - August 3rd 2012
|
8th TWWH |
Panama City, Panama. Emmeris Quintero, 208 participants, 29 countries |
