Interaction between Tephritidae (Insecta, Diptera) and plants of the family Asteraceae: new host and distribution records for the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Twenty species of Tephritidae (Diptera) are recorded in association with capitula of plants in the family Asteraceae. The Tephritidae genus Tetreuarestais registered for Rio Grande do Sul for the first time. Five species of Tephritidae are newly recorded for Rio Grande do Sul, and new hosts are recorded for the following fly species: Dioxyna chilensis (Macquart), Plaumannimyia dolores (Hering), Plaumannimyia imitatrix (Hering), Plaumannimyia miseta(Hering), Plaumannimyia pallensHering, Tomoplagia incompleta (Williston), Tomoplagia matzenbacheriPrado, Norrbom & Lewinsohn, Tomoplagia reimoseriHendel, Xanthaciura biocellata(Thomson) and Xanthaciura chrysura(Thomson).

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Savaris,Marcoandre, Lampert,Silvana, Lorini,Lisete M., Pereira,Paulo R.V.S., Marinoni,Luciane
Format:	Digital revista
Language:	English
Published:	Sociedade Brasileira De Entomologia 2015
Online Access:	http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0085-56262015000100014
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