Florida Entomologist (2011) 94, 151-157
Flávio R.M. Garcia and Allen L. Norrbom (2011)
Tephritoid flies (Diptera, Tephritoidea) and their plant hosts from the State of Santa Catarina in southern Brazil
Florida Entomologist 94 (2), 151-157
Abstract: A total of 12,540 ripe fruits belonging to 46 species in 25 plant families were sampled from either the trees or the ground in 6 municipalities in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil between 2002 and 2006 to determine which fruit fly species developed on various host plants. Each fruit was weighed and placed into a plastic flask filled with sterilized sand 7 cm deep, and the opening of the flask was covered with sheer fabric. The flasks were kept under controlled conditions (25 ± 3°C, 70 ± 10% RH and 12h photophase). After 7 d, the pupae were sifted from the sand and transferred to Petri dishes lined with filter paper. Twenty-one species of Tephritoidea were recovered consisting of 13 species of Tephritidae, 6 of Lonchaeidae, and 2 of Ulidiidae. We present new host records for some species of fruit flies.
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Database assignments for author(s): Flávio Roberto Mello Garcia, Allen L. Norrbom
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surveys/sampling/distribution
