New host-plant records for neotropical agromyzids (Diptera: Agromyzidae) from Asteraceae flower heads.

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  • Marina R Braun
  • Mário Almeida-Neto
  • Rafael D Loyola
  • Angelo P Prado
  • Thomas M Lewinsohn
چکیده

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.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Neotropical entomology

دوره 37 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2008