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Saprophytic flies in impacted areas of the Belo Monte Dam, Pará, Brazil (Diptera: Mesembrinellidae, Neriidae, Ropalomeridae, and Sarcophagidae): community composition, abundance, and species richness.

Authors :
Damasceno Queiroz, Camila Lorena
Costa De-Souza, Caroline
Fonseca de Medeiros, Hermes
Leslie Overal, William
Barbosa Viana-Junior, Arleu
da Silva Carvalho-Filho, Fernando
Source :
Biota Neotropica (Edição em Iinglês). 2021, Vol. 21 Issue 1, p1-11. 11p.
Publication Year :
2021

Abstract

The present study aims to document the community composition, abundance, and species richness of saprophytic fly species (Mesembrinellidae, Neriidae, Ropalomeridae, and Sarcophagidae) of the Volta Grande region of the Xingu River, a poorly sampled area impacted by the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam. Five collecting trips were carried out between 2014 and 2016, when traps baited with fermenting bananas were used. A total of 154 specimens, three genera, and six species were collected of Mesembrinellidae; 196 specimens, three genera, and seven species of Neriidae; 272 specimens, three genera, and six species of Ropalomeridae; and 624 specimens, 22 species and 10 genera of Sarcophagidae. Species accumulation curves for all families except Sarcophagidae demonstrated a strong tendency towards stabilization, showing that sampling efforts were sufficient to record most of the targeted species. Laneela perisi (Mariluis, 1987) (Mesembrinellidae) is a new record for the state of Pará. Among Ropalomeridae, Apophorhynchus amazonensis Prado, 1966, is a new record for Pará. Among Sarcophagidae, Helicobia aurescens (Townsend, 1927) is newly recorded from the Brazilian Amazon, and Ravinia effrenata (Walker, 1861) and Titanogrypa larvicida (Lopes, 1935) are new records for Pará. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1806129X
Volume :
21
Issue :
1
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Biota Neotropica (Edição em Iinglês)
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
148610276
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1590/1676-0611-BN-2020-1026