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Fruit flies (Diptera, Tephritidae) and their associations with native host plants in a remnant area of the highly endangered Atlantic Rain Forest in the State of Espírito Santo, Brazil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2008

K. Uramoto ,
D.S. Martins  and
R.A. Zucchi
K. Uramoto*
Affiliation:
Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão 277, Cep 05508-090, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
D.S. Martins
Affiliation:
INCAPER, Rua Afonso Sarlo, 160, Cep 29052-010, Vitória, ES, Brazil
R.A. Zucchi
Affiliation:
Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz, Universidade de São Paulo, Av Pádua Dias, 11, Cep 13418-900, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
*
*Author for correspondence Fax: 55 11 3091 7552 E-mail: uramoto@usp.br
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Abstract

The results presented in this paper refer to a host survey, lasting approximately three and a half years (February 2003–July 2006), undertaken in the Vale do Rio Doce Natural Reserve, a remnant area of the highly endangered Atlantic Rain Forest located in Linhares County, State of Espírito Santo, Brazil. A total of 330 fruit samples were collected from native plants, representing 248 species and 51 plant families. Myrtaceae was the most diverse family with 54 sampled species. Twenty-eight plant species, from ten families, are hosts of ten Anastrepha species and of Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann). Among 33 associations between host plants and fruit flies, 20 constitute new records, including the records of host plants for A. fumipennis Lima and A. nascimentoi Zucchi. The findings were discussed in the light of their implications for rain forest conservation efforts and the study of evolutionary relationships between fruit flies and their hosts.

Keywords

insectaAnastrephaCeratitis capitatahost plantsnatural reserve
Type
Research Paper
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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 98 , Issue 5 , October 2008 , pp. 457 - 466
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Copyright © 2008 Cambridge University Press

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