New records of occurrence of five species of Neosilba (Diptera: Lonchaeidae) in the State of Bahia, Brazil

Abstract

This paper reports the record of new species of Neosilba in the State of Bahia: Neosilba bella Strikis & Prado; Neosilba cornuphallus Strikis; Neosilba dimidiata (Curran); Neosilba ilheuense Strikis and Neosilba pseudozadolicha Strikis. Frugivorous fl ies were captured by McPhail traps, using a hydrolyzed protein at 5.0%, as attractant, and also obtained of fruits samples of native and exotic plant species, which were collected in domestic orchards in the South of Bahia. The specimens of Lonchaeidae were identifi ed according to McALPINE & STEYSKAL (1982), STRIKIS & PRADO (2006) andSTRIKIS (2011).

New records of fruit trees as host for Neosilba species (Diptera, Lonchaeidae) in southeast Brazil

“…Adaime et al (2012), recorded N. bella in B. crassifolia in the Amazon region. Bittencourt et al (2013) reared N. bella from E. stipitata fruits in northeastern Brazil. In previous surveys, N. bella have been found in twelve plant species from nine plant families (Table 2).…”

“…According to Bittencourt et al (2013), N. bella has a wide geographical distribution in Brazil, ranging from Atlantic Forest, Amazon Rain Forest, and Cerrado. Its plasticity in occupying such different biomes, and attacking different host plants, makes this species a candidate in becoming an important pest, once it is found in environments occupied by crops plantation, especially coffee crops.…”

Record of lonchaeids (Diptera: Lonchaeidae) in municipalities of Alagoas State, Brazil

“…In Amapa, the species was collected in murici fruits (Byrsonima crassifolia) (Malpighiaceae) and it was considered a species of seasonal occurrence (Adaime et al 2012). In Alagoas, N. bella was recorded in J. curcas ("pinhão-manso") (Dias et al 2012), while in South of Bahia, the fly was collected from M. glaba and P. cattleianum, E. uniflora and Manilkara zapota (sapota) (Melo et al 2012;Bittencourt et al 2013). In Tocantins, Neosilba sp.…”