Neotropical Entomology (2004) 33, 113-116
Elen L. Aguiar-Menezes, Robson J. Nascimento and Eurípedes B. Menezes (2004)
Diversity of fly species (Diptera: Tephritoidea) from Passiflora spp. and their hymenopterous parasitoids in two municipalities of the southeastern Brazil
Neotropical Entomology 33 (1), 113-116
Abstract: This paper evaluated the infestation of two passion fruit species by tephritids and lonchaeids in two municipalities of southeastern Brazil. Floral buds of sweet passion fruit (Passiflora alata) and yellow passion fruit (Passiflora edulis f. flavicarpa) were collected in Seropédica (RJ) and Vila Valério (ES), respectively. Fruits of P. alata were also collected in Seropédica. Three species of Lonchaeidae were obtained from floral buds of P. alata (Neosilba zadolicha McAlpine and Steyskal, Neosilba sp. and Dasiops longulus Norrbom and McAlpine), and species of four genera of Tephritoidea were obtained from fruits: Anastrepha pseudoparallela Loew (Tephritidae), Dasiops frieseni Norrbom and McAlpine (Lonchaeidae), Euxesta sp. and Notogramma cimiciforme Loew (Otitidae). Specimens of . Ganaspis sp. (Figitidae: Eucoilinae) were recovered from some sweet passion fruits infested by tephritids or lonchaeids. Only specimens of Dasiops inedulis Steyskal (Lonchaeidae) were obtained from floral buds of yellow passion fruit. Parasitoids belonging to the genus Opius Wesmael (Braconidae: Opiinae) were also collected in association with this fly species.
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Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
surveys/sampling/distribution
biocontrol - natural enemies
