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Herbivore, parasitoid and hyperparasitoid insects associated with fruits and seeds of Enterolobium contortisiliquum (Vell.) Morong (Fabaceae).
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Brazilian journal of biology = Revista brasleira de biologia [Braz J Biol] 2019 Jul-Sep; Vol. 79 (3), pp. 369-376. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Sep 13. - Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- This study aimed to inventory the herbivore insects associated with Enterolobium contortisiliquum (Vell.) Morong (Fabaceae) fruits and seeds and their primary and secondary parasitoids. Six samples collected between May and October 2013 yielded 210 fruits, from which 326 insects of six orders emerged: Coleoptera, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, Diptera, Thysanoptera and Psocoptera. Coleoptera (five families) was represented by the seed consumers Merobruchus bicoloripes Pic, Stator sp. Bridwell (Chrysomelidae, Bruchinae), two species of Silvanidae, one species of Scolytinae (Curculionidae), one species of Nitidulidae and one species of Cerambycidae. The cerambycid was also observed forming galleries on fruit mesocarp. Immature individuals of Lepidoptera were observed consuming the fruits and seeds. From the seven Hymenoptera families, only two species were associated with Coleoptera, being Horismenus Walker sp. (Eulophidae) as parasitoid of M. bicoloripes, and Neoheterospilus falcatus (Marsh) (Braconidae) as parasitoid of Scolytinae. The Lepidoptera parasitoids represented four genera: Pseudophanerotoma Zetel, Chelonus Panzer (Braconidae), Orgilus Nees (Braconidae) and Goniozus Forster (Bethylidae). The host associations for the reared parasitoids Bracon Fabricius (Braconidae), Pimplinae sp. (Ichneumonidae) and Perilampus Forster (Perilampidae) were not confirmed. We obtained a single representative of Diptera (Tachinidae) associated with Lepidoptera hosts in this food web.
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- Animals
Brazil
Coleoptera growth & development
Coleoptera parasitology
Coleoptera physiology
Diptera physiology
Fruit physiology
Insecta growth & development
Larva growth & development
Larva parasitology
Larva physiology
Lepidoptera growth & development
Lepidoptera parasitology
Lepidoptera physiology
Wasps physiology
Fabaceae growth & development
Food Chain
Herbivory
Host-Parasite Interactions
Insecta parasitology
Insecta physiology
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1678-4375
- Volume :
- 79
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Brazilian journal of biology = Revista brasleira de biologia
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 30231136
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1590/1519-6984.170105