Moscas-das-frutas (Diptera: Tephritoidea) em uma Unidade de Conservação de Proteção Integral do Bioma Cerrado no Norte do Brasil

Abstract

This paper presents a research about the knowledge produced on fruit flies (Tephritidae and Lonchaeidae) in the North of Brazil, covering the scientific production and its distribution in the seven states of that region. It was found that there was an increase in the production of work, which are ad hoc in some states, and mostly includes only the Tephritidae. 16 new associations were found between the fruit flies and their hosts. Seven species of fruits were infested by fruit flies, these four were infested Tephritidae and six for Lonchaeidae. 888 specimens were recovered Neosilba (Lonchaeidae), with the following associations: the species N. zadolicha was created from fruits Annona coreacea, Cheiloclinium cognatum, Dyospiros hispida, Mouriri pusa, Salacia crassifolia and Siparuna camporum, N. bifida, N. glaberrima and one unidentified Neosilba of fruits of D. hispida. Also recovered were 81 specimens of Anastrepha (Tephritidae) and A. serpentine and A. mucronota of fruits of S. crassifolia and C. cognatum, A. obliqua of S. crassifolia, A. sororcula of Myrcia guianensis, A. turpiniae and A. zenildae of M. pusa. When investigating the influence of fire on the community of fruit flies in the Cerrado was found that there was a trend of increasing species richness and abundance of individuals after the passage of fire in typical cerrado. The patterns of species richness and abundance of community fruit flies in the Cerrado area studied must have been caused by the regeneration of vegetation and diversity of habitats formed by the burning.