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.

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.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	URAMOTO, K., MARTINS, D. dos S., ZUCCHI, R. A.
Other Authors:	David dos Santos Martins, Incaper.
Format:	-- biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	Bulletin of Entomological Research, n. 98, p. 457-466, 2008. 2008
Subjects:	Insecta, Anastrepha, Ceratitis capitata, Host plants, Natural reserve,
Online Access:	http://biblioteca.incaper.es.gov.br/digital/handle/item/481
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