First record of larvae of Allograpta exotica Wiedemann (Diptera, Syrphidae) preying on Aphis gossypii Glover (Hemiptera, Aphididae) in watermelon in Brazil

Autor:	Vinícius Soares Sturza, Cecília Dorfey, Sônia Poncio, Sônia Thereza Bastos Dequech, Anderson Bolzan
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2011
Předmět:	Afídeos associação tritrófica cucurbitáceas predador Zoology QL1-991
Zdroj:	Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, Vol 55, Iss 2, Pp 272-274 (2011)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	1806-9665
Popis:	First record of larvae of Allograpta exotica Wiedemann (Diptera, Syrphidae) preying on Aphis gossypii Glover (Hemiptera, Aphididae) in watermelon in Brazil. Brazil is one of the largest world producers of watermelon (Citrullus lanatus Thumb. Mansf.) and Aphis gossypii Glover, 1877 (Hemiptera, Aphididae) is among the most important pest on this crop. Larvae of Allograpta exotica Wiedemann, 1830 (Diptera, Syrphidae) were found preying on A. gossypii in watermelon crop, in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul State, what represents the first report of this tritrophic association in Brazil.
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