New records of occurrence of five species of Neosilba (Diptera: Lonchaeidae) in the State of Bahia, Brazil

• Main Authors: Maria Aparecida Leão Bittencourt, Adriano Murielle Santos de Menezes, João Pedro de Andrade Bomfim, Olivia Oliveira dos Santos, Maria Aparecida Castellani, Pedro Carlos Strikis
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Maria 2013-10-01
• Series: Ciência Rural
• Subjects: Tephritoidea; moscas frugívoras; planta hospedeira
• Online Access: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782013001000002&lng=en&tlng=en

This paper reports the record of new species of Neosilba in the State of Bahia: Neosilba bella Strikis & Prado; Neosilba cornuphallus Strikis; Neosilba dimidiata (Curran); Neosilba ilheuense Strikis and Neosilba pseudozadolicha Strikis. Frugivorous flies were captured by McPhail traps, using a hydrolyzed protein at 5.0%, as attractant, and also obtained of fruits samples of native and exotic plant species, which were collected in domestic orchards in the South of Bahia. The specimens of Lonchaeidae were identified according to McALPINE & STEYSKAL (1982), STRIKIS & PRADO (2006) and STRIKIS (2011).