Insetos fitófagos associados ao murici da praia, Byrsonima sericea (Malpighiaceae), na Restinga de Jurubatiba (RJ)

Flinte, Vivian; Araujo, Cristina Oliveira; Macêdo, Margarete Valverde de; Monteiro, Ricardo Ferreira

doi:10.1590/s0085-56262006000400012

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“…In these records, Buprestidae preying on seeds is a rare event. Few records of Lius in the literature mention some species which only feed on the leaves (NAKAHARA et al, 1992;FLINT et al, 2006). However, coincidentally, CUSTÓDIO et al (2014) reported the incidence of buprestid larvae (unidentified, but possibly the genus Lius) preying on Qualea seeds, which is also from the same plant family as the one in our study.…”

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Predispersal infestation of Vochysia haenkeana seeds by Lius conicus

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The deficient development of fertile seeds of native forest plant species in Brazil limits the reproduction of these plants in various conditions. Among the limiting biotic factors in quality and quantity of the forest seeds, borer insects are quite prominent, before and after their dispersion. This study reports for the first time a host of the buprestid beetle Lius conicus (Gory & Laporte, 1840). The larval development of L. conicus takes place in the seed capsules of Vochysia haenkeana Mart. (Vochysiaceae), a typical tree species in the Brazilian cerrado biome. In two regions of the cerrado in Goiás State, Brazil, almost ripe fruits of V. haenkeana were collected directly from the plants. After natural drying, and fruit and seed processing in laboratory, damage caused by the L. conicus larvae was quantified and qualified. Bigger fruits were preferred as hosts. Fruits developing on the eastern side of the plant were most frequently occupied by L. conicus. Seed lots of bigger fruits showed damage up to 37.5% from the infestation by L. conicus larvae. There was only one larva per fruit, which damaged all the seeds of the capsule (three or four) and generally consumed around 26% of the seed dry mass.

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“…Records of insects and their host plants are scarce for the vast majority of phytophagous insect species in Brazil, and are mainly composed of species of agricultural interest or vectors of disease (FLINT et al, 2006;SILVEIRA et al, 2008). In these records, Buprestidae preying on seeds is a rare event.…”

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Predispersal infestation of Vochysia haenkeana seeds by Lius conicus

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“…One of these native areas is the coastal forest habitat known as restinga, which exists in fragments that are severely threatened by human occupation along the entire Brazilian coast. So far, no thrips surveys in this type of environment have been conducted in the country, in contrast with the situation of other insect orders, such as Lepidoptera, Coleoptera and Diptera (Flinte et al, 2006;Monteiro et al, 2007;Silveira et al, 2008;Gostinski et al, 2016). The lack of such information impedes the development of conservation and management strategies for these and other organisms.…”

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Thrips species (Insecta: Thysanoptera) associated with flowers in a restinga fragment in northeastern Brazil

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With the growing volume of research involving Thysanoptera in Brazil, studies were carried out to improve our understanding of the diversity of thrips in areas where the fauna has historically been neglected. Accordingly, we recorded the diversity of thrips (Insecta: Thysanoptera) associated with a restinga fragment located on the campus of the State University of Ceará (UECE), Fortaleza, Ceará state, and computed the estimated richness and diversity indices. Samples were collected from 2011 through 2013 from flowers of 86 plant species. The material was taken to the Laboratory of Insect-Plant Interaction, where thrips were screened under stereomicroscope. We collected 456 adults and 58 immatures, representing 14 species, in addition to one unidentified species of Treherniella. Microcephalothrips abdominalis was found on a large number of host plants, and Frankliniella insularis was the most common species. About two-thirds of the total richness of thrips species was associated with three plant families (Amaranthaceae, Caesalpiniaceae and Poaceae); six thrips species were each associated with only one plant species. The richness of the species collected was close to that estimated by Bootstrap and Jackknife 1 analysis. The Shannon-Wiener (H') and Simpson (D) diversity indexes were 1,7607 and 0.7769, respectively. Although the species are common, 46 new associations between plant species and thrips were established, 13 of which are true host associations, which demonstrates the importance of coastal vegetation in maintaining populations of thrips. Keywords

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“…However, records of host plant associations are extremely scarce for the vast majority of phytophagous insects in Brazil, being mainly restricted to key species of agricultural interest or vectors of diseases (Flinte et al, 2006). This lack of records includes the species of the genus Leptoglossus, especially with respect to their possible associations with wild plants in the border regions of plantations.…”

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“…The genus Byrsonima, with about 150 species, is a large group of trees popularly known in Brazil as "murici". Several groups of insects have already been recorded in association with these trees in the Neotropics (Flinte et al, 2006).…”

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