Entomological Science (2000) 3, 285-289

Hideyuki Mitsui and Masahito T. Kimura (2000)
Food preference of drosophilid flies in domestic and forest areas of central Japan
Entomological Science 3 (2), 285-289
Abstract: Food preference was studied for drosophilid flies in domestic and forest areas of central Japan using artificially prepared resources (fruits, flowers, leaves, stems and mushrooms). The similarity of food preference was high among species occurring in domestic areas, especially among Drosophila melanogaster, D. simulans and D. lutescens and between D. auraria and D. immigrans. On the other hand, species occurring in forests usually differed in food preference from each other; D. immigrans and D. lutescens preferred succulent fruits; D. rufa used a variety of resources except for mushrooms; D. bizonata preferred mushrooms; D. sternopleuralis used a variety of substrates except for succulent fruits; Scaptodrosophila coracina used a variety of substrates. This difference is assumed to play an important role in the maintenance of their coexistence. The rate of parasitism by wasps was generally high in larvae feeding on fruits and flowers, but low in those feeding on stems of Sasaella ramosa.
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Database assignments for author(s): Masahito T. Kimura

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
general biology - morphology - evolution

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Drosophila (genus)		Japan
	Drosophila melanogaster		Japan