New host-plant records for neotropical agromyzids (Diptera: Agromyzidae) from Asteraceae flower heads.
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.
Braun
Marina R
MR
Lab. Interações Insetos-Plantas, Depto. Zoologia, Univ. Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil. marinareiter@gmail.com
Almeida-Neto
Mário
M
Loyola
Rafael D
RD
Prado
Angelo P
AP
Lewinsohn
Thomas M
TM
D000818:Animals; D019659:Asteraceae / Q000469:parasitology*; D004175:Diptera / Q000502:physiology*; D035264:Flowers / Q000469:parasitology*; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions