Tephritidae flies associated with Chuquiraga avellanedae (Asteraceae) in Patagonia, Argentina
Document title: Tephritidae flies associated with Chuquiraga avellanedae (Asteraceae) in Patagonia, Argentina
Journal: Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000436033
ISSN: 0001-3765
Authors: 1
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Institutions: 1Instituto Patagónico para el Estudio de los Ecosistemas Continentales, Grupo de Ecología de Comunidades Aridas, Puerto Madryn, Chubut. Argentina
2United States Department of Agriculture, Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Washington, Distrito de Columbia. Estados Unidos de América
3Centro de Investigaciones y Transferencia de Catamarca, Catamarca. Argentina
Year:
Volumen: 92
Country: Brasil
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Analítico, descriptivo
English abstract In Patagonia, knowledge about the interaction among tephritids and the native flora is very scarce. In this study we identified for the first time two tephritid species (Cecidochares sp. and Neosphaeniscus m-nigrum) associated with the capitula of Chuquiraga avellanedae. This is the first record of a host plant for the genus Neosphaeniscus. Cecidochares sp. was more abundant and had a shorter development time than N. m-nigrum. Also, two families of parasitoid wasps (Pteromalidae and Eurytomidae) were registered. Further studies are needed to understand the impact of these tephritids on C. avellanedae fitness and their potential to control its populations
Disciplines: Biología
Keyword: Insectos,
Ecología,
Planta-insecto,
Control biológico,
Invasión,
Cecidochares,
Neosphaeniscus m-nigrum,
Diptera,
Chuquiraga avellanedae,
Asteraceae
Keyword: Insects,
Ecology,
Insect-plant,
Biological control,
Encroachment,
Cecidochares,
Neosphaeniscus m-nigrum,
Diptera,
Neosphaeniscus m-nigrum,
Diptera
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