Hosts plants and parasitoids (Hym., Braconidae) of Anastrepha spp. (Dip., Tephritidae) in Ilha de Santana, Amapá State, Brazil.
Silva R. A. da, Xavier S. L. O., Souza Filho M. F. de, Silva W. R. da, Nascimento D. B. do, Deus E. da G. de
Author Affiliation: Embrapa Amapá, Rodovia JK, km 5, CEP 68903-000, Macapá, AP, Brazil.
Arquivos do Instituto Biológico (São Paulo) 74 : 153-156
Abstract : Fruit fly species, their host plants and their parasitoids were studied in Ilha de Santana, Amapá State, Brazil. Forty four samples from 13 host species (Spondias mombin, Mangifera indica, Psidium guajava, Averrhoa carambola, Passiflora sp., Malpighia punicifolia, Pouteria caimito, Genipa americana, Solanum sp., Termianalia catappa, Rollinia mucosa, Annona muricata and Artocarpus heterophyllus) were collected. The fruits were collected from January to July 2005. From these fruits, 608 puparia were obtained, from which 225 fruit flies of the genus Anastrepha and 42 Braconidae parasitoids emerged. Fruit fly emergence was only verified on Spondias mombin, Psidium guajava and Pouteria caimito samples. The recorded species were Anastrepha obliqua, A. striata and A. leptozona. Three species of parasitoids emerged from the samples of Spondias mombin and Psidium guajava: Doryctobracon areolatus, Opius sp. and Asobara anastrephae.