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Cacao pollination: Microdiptera of cacao plantations and some of their breeding places

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

John A. Winder  and
Pedrito Silva
John A. Winder
Affiliation:
Division of Entomology, Cacao Research Centre/CEPLAC, itabuna, Bahia, Brazil
Pedrito Silva
Affiliation:
Division of Entomology, Cacao Research Centre/CEPLAC, itabuna, Bahia, Brazil
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Counts were made of Microdiptera hatching in emergence traps from samples of organic substrates from cacao plantations in Bahia, Brazil. Rotten cacao pods provided the best substrate with regard to species diversity and total numbers of insects collected, and also for the subgenus Thyridomyia. Leaf-litter was found to be an important breeding place for the subgenus Forcipomyia, especially F. {F.} genualis (Lw.), and for Atrichopogon species. Epiphytic bromeliads may be an important breeding place for the pollinating subgenus Proforcipomyia.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 61 , Issue 4 , June 1972 , pp. 651 - 655
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1972

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