Species Diversity of Frugivorous Flies (Diptera: Tephritoidea) from Hosts in the Cerrado of the State of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

New records of fruit trees as host for Neosilba species (Diptera, Lonchaeidae) in southeast Brazil

“…The movement of fruit flies from the adjacent native vegetation, particularly forest fragments, into orchards was demonstrated by Vargas et al (2001), and Kovaleski et al (1999). Uchoa et al (2002) found Neosilba species infesting fruits of C. sessiflora and M. jaboticaba in the cerrado of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, and Strikis et al (2011) found N. glaberrima and N. zadolicha in P. macrophylla fruits, but in this paper, we did not record these associations. Many different biotic and abiotic stimuli can account for the presence of the lesser abundant fruit flies species in environments that do not provide optimal host plants, such as commercial orchards (Aluja et al 1996).…”

“…This species is a very common in citrus orchards reaching high rates of infestation (Uchoa et al 2002, Raga et al 2006, Raga et al 2011. State of São Paulo has approximately 600,000 hectares of sweet oranges [Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck], with different varieties fruiting all year long.…”

“…In Brazil, records on the genera of Lonchaeidae associated with fruits are scarce. Regional surveys are very important because they can provide basic information for managing insect pest populations and their natural enemies (Uchoa et al 2002).…”

Nível de infestação de moscas-das-frutas em faixa de fronteira, no Rio Grande do Sul

“…Strikis et al (2011) citam que, em estudos realizados no Brasil, espécies do gênero Neosilba McAlpine têm sido consideradas pragas primá-rias em algumas culturas, como, por exemplo: mandioca (Manihot esculenta Crantz. ), em São Paulo (Lourenção et al, 1996); acerola (Malpighia emarginata DC), no Rio Grande do Norte (Araújo & Zucchi, 2002); em citros (Citrus L.), no Mato Grosso do Sul (Uchôa-Fernandes et al, 2002) e em tangerina (Citrus reticulata Blanco), na Paraíba (Lopes et al, 2007).…”

Morphological and molecular characterization of three species of Anastrepha Schiner and of Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Tephritidae)

“…The Mediterranean fruit fly C. capitata is the most serious pest of fruit in the world, due to its high colonization potential (Fletcher 1989). Ihering (1901) reported the first record in Brazil, where this species infests native as well as introduced fruit cultures (Malavasi et al1980, Uchôa-Fernandes et al 2002.…”