title: New host-plant records for neotropical agromyzids (Diptera: Agromyzidae) from Asteraceae flower heads.
abstract: Agromyzidae is a large and cosmopolitan fly family with approximately 2,500 known species. Here we present 22 new records of agromyzid-host plant associations. Plants were sampled from 2002 to 2005 in São Paulo state, Brazil. A total of eight agromyzid species were reared from 18 Asteraceae host species. The genus Melanagromyza Hendel was the commonest. This is the first detailed study reporting associations between non-leafmining Agromyzidae and their host plants in Brazil.
authors: Lab. Interações Insetos-Plantas, Depto. Zoologia, Univ. Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil. marinareiter@gmail.com
authors: Marina R
authors: MR
authors: Braun
authors: Mário
authors: M
authors: Almeida-Neto
authors: Rafael D
authors: RD
authors: Loyola
authors: Angelo P
authors: AP
authors: Prado
authors: Thomas M
authors: TM
authors: Lewinsohn
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019659:Asteraceae / Q000469:parasitology*; D004175:Diptera / Q000502:physiology*; D035264:Flowers / Q000469:parasitology*; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions