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Tephritoidea (Diptera) species infesting Myrtaceae fruits in the State of Sâo Paulo, Brazil
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Adalton Raga, Instituto Biológico
Rogerio Amaro Machado, Instituto Biológico
Miguel Francisco de Souza Filho, Instituto Biológico
Mário Eidi Sato, Instituto Biológico
Romildo Cássio Siloto, Instituto Biológico
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Abstract
A field survey was conducted from August 1997 to January 2003 to identify the Tephritoidea diversity from 15 Myrtaceae species (including guavas) collected in the State of Sâo Paulo, Brazil. A total of 38,386 fruits (419.93 kg) were collected from unsprayed trees. From 188 samples of fruits 25,162 puparia and 15,439 adults of Tephritoidea were recovered. Anastrepha spp. and Ceratitis capitata adults were obtained from 78.7% and 16.5% of the samples, respectively. About 95.8% of all collected adults were Tephritidae and 4.2% were Lonchaeidae. Only 1.7% of Tephritidae adults corresponded to C. capitata. From 14,540 specimens of Anastrepha, it was obtained 6,642 Anastrepha females identified as: A. fraterculus, A. bistrigata, A. obliqua, A. sororcula, A. zenildae, A. striata, A. turpiniae and A. bahiensis. Anastrepha fraterculus was dominant. Mean infestation indices were 0.66 puparium of Tephritoidea/fruit and 59.9 puparia/kg of fruits.
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