New Records of Neotropical Fruit Flies (Tephritidae), Lance Flies (Lonchaeidae) (Diptera: Tephritoidea), and Their Host Plants in the South Pantanal and Adjacent Areas, Brazil

Abstract

Fruit flies (Tephritidae) and lance flies (Lonchaeidae) (Diptera) include pests of highest economic importance to horticulture around the world, because various species damage high value fruit crops, These Tephritoidea are the reason for quarantine barriers among many countries, limiting the commerce of fresh fruits and vegetables. Knowledge of frugivorous tephritoid species richness and their interactions with the host plants are extremely important to Integrated Pest Management. This paper presents the interactions of 15 species of Anastrepha Schiner, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) (Tephritidae), and eight species of Neosilba McAlpine (Lonchaeidae) with 40 host fruit species. We discovered that Pouteria glomerata (Miquel) Radlkofer (Sapotaceae) is the host fruit of Anastrepha undosa Stone. A. zernyi Lima was associated with fruit of Anacardium othonianum Rizzini (Anacardiaceae). This is the first record of A. zernyi from the State of Mato Grosso do Sul, and of A. hastata Stone from Central Brazil, A. sorocula Zucchi and A. zenildae Zucchi were the tephritids that infested the highest number of host fruits, A. alveatoides Blanchard, A. distincta Greene, A. macrura Hendel, A. rheediae Stone and A. undosa Stone were recovered from only one species of host, and all of these associations are new records. Also established for the first time are the associations among eight species of Neosilba with 38 host species. N. zadolicha McAlpine and Steyskal, N. pendula (Bezzi), N. glaberrima (Wiedemann) and N. inesperata Strikis and Prado were the most polyphagous Lonchaeidae.

Fruit flies (Diptera, Tephritidae) and their parasitoids on cultivated and wild hosts in the Cerrado-Pantanal ecotone in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

“…Anastrepha alveatoides Blanchard, 1961 occurred only in the trap installed in D. alata, indicating that a specimen of sea lemon (Ximenia americana L.), its only reported host in Pantanal, Brazil (Uchôa & Nicácio 2010), is likely near the plant of D. alata. The infestation of Shoepfia sp.…”

“…daciformes Bezzi, 1909 constitutes the first record for this host. However, these fly species are not the only ones who use it for oviposition, since Uchôa and Nicácio (2010) reported infestations by A. macrura, A. sororcula and A. zernyi in fruits of this species in the same region.…”

“…In Mato Grosso do Sul, the occurrence of Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann, 1824) has been reported along with nearly 30 species of Anastrepha (Uchôa-Fernandes et al 2002, 2003aRodrigues et al 2006;Canesin & Uchôa-Fernandes et al 2007;Uchôa & Nicácio 2010). …”

Species of fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae): in a transect of the Amazonian Rainforest in Oiapoque, Amapá, Brazil

“…In Brazil it occupies an area of approximately 5.5 million km 2 , representing about 50% of the Brazilian territory. It houses a rich plant diversity and a large number of native species of fruit trees, including various species of Anacardiaceae, Myrtaceae, and Sapotaceae (CAVALCANTE 1991), which are considered potential host plants for the species of frugivorous Tephritoidea (ZUCCHI 2008, UCHÔA & NICÁCIO 2010.…”

“…In addition to the species of Anastrepha, two introduced species, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann, 1824) and Bactrocera carambolae Drew & Hancock, 1994, also occur in Amapá (SILVA & RONCHI-TELES 2000, UCHÔA & NICÁCIO 2010.…”