Diptera - Behavior
Predatory behavior of Pseudodorus clavatus (Diptera, Syrphidae) on aphids tended by ants
... ABSTRACT. Predatory behavior of Pseudodorus clavatus (Diptera, Syrphidae) on aphids tended by ants. In this study, we examined the interactions between myrmecophilous aphids, their ant-guards and a ...
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ECOLOGY, BEHAVIOR AND BIONOMICS Response of the Galling Insect Aciurina trixa Curran (Diptera: Tephritidae) to Host Plant Quality
... oviposition behavior, and offspring perform- ance of the gall-forming tephritid, Aciurina trixa Curran (Diptera: Tephritidae) on Chrysothamnus nauseosus hololeucus ...mating behavior of ...
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ECOLOGY, BEHAVIOR AND BIONOMICS Electroantennographic Responses of the Lutzomyia (Lutzomyia) longipalpis (Lutz Neiva) (Diptera: Psychodidae) to 1-octen-3-ol
... Kairomones are odors that benefit the receptor organism (ex: haematophagous insect) and are disadvantageous to the emitter (ex: host), in interspecific interactions (Nordland 1984). Kairomones (host-odor) are used by ...
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ECOLOGY, BEHAVIOR AND BIONOMICS Effect of Sucrose Ingestion on the Performance of Wild Anastrepha obliqua (Macquart) Females (Diptera: Tephritidae)
... Although most tephritid species depend on protein ingestion for egg production during the adult phase, studies have shown that carbohydrate ingestion is also related to egg production (Robacker 1991, Landolt & ...
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Influence of wing bands and behavior of Anastrepha fraterculus (Diptera: Tephritidae) by the presence of Megafreya sutrix (Araneae: Salticidae)
... PRISCILLA C. GOBBI, ADRISE M. NUNES, EDISON ZEFA & FLAVIO R.M. GARCIA Abstract: The objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of wing bands and the behavior of Anastrepha fraterculus in the ...
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BIOLOGICAL CONTROL Parasitism Behavior of Three Species of Eucoilinae (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea: Figitidae) Fruit Fly Parasitoids (Diptera) in Brazil
... parasitism behavior pattern than that observed for ...sequential behavior of the olfactory response in the four-armed olfactometer enabled the establishment of the fact that ...
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ECOLOGY, BEHAVIOR AND BIONOMICS Study of the Drosophilidae (Diptera) Communities on Atlantic Forest Islands of Santa Catarina State, Brazil
... Estudo das Assembléias de Drosofilídeos (Diptera) de Ilhas com Mata Atlântica de Santa Catarina RESUMO - Foi realizado um estudo de dinâmica de assembléias de drosofilídeos em seis comunidades insulares e duas ...
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Haematophagic behavior in laboratory of Lutzomyia cruzi (Mangabeira) (Diptera: Psychodidae) in relation to three mammalian blood sources in Manaus, Brazil
... haematophagic behavior by sand flies using different blood meal sources, optimal feeding age, fecundity, fertility, and female blood meal volume (Ready, 1979; Benito- de-Martín et ...
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Behavior of caliptrate diptera in relation to the choose of oviposition substrates under laboratory conditions in Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
... orientalis, o achado de ovos e larvas em banana, sugere que os muscóides fo- ram apenas estimulados a ovipor, pelos odores exalados pelo substrato, já que esses insetos ne- cessitam de [r] ...
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ECOLOGY, BEHAVIOR AND BIONOMICS Seasonal Fecundity and Body Size in Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius) (Diptera: Calliphoridae)
... Reis, S.F., G. Stangenhaus, W.A.C. Godoy, C.J. Von Zuben & O.B. Ribeiro. 1994. Variação em caracteres bionômicos em função da densidade larval em Chrysomya megacephala e Chrysomya putoria (Diptera, ...
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ECOLOGY, BEHAVIOR AND BIONOMICS Longevity and Fecundity of Four Species of Anastrepha (Diptera: Tephritidae)
... obliqua obtained from mango presented the least longevity and greatest fertility at 18 days compared with the other species studied; (5) males and females from the three species obtained[r] ...
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Behavior of radial larval propagation of Muscina stabulans (Fallén) (Diptera: Muscidae) under laboratory conditions.
... The behavior of propagation of postfeeding L3 larvae was studied by analyzing the distance of propagation, the depth of pupariation site, the pupal weight and sex ratio using a 50 cm circular arena divided in four ...
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Oviposition behavior of Haemagogus leucocelaenus (Diptera: culicidae), a vector of wild yellow fever in Brazil
... Haemagogus leucocelaenus, which is considered a major vector of wild yellow fever, exhibits acrodendrophilic habits and mainly deposits its eggs in treeholes and bamboo internodes. The selection of nursery sites is ...
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ECOLOGY, BEHAVIOR AND BIONOMY Influence of Protein on Feeding Behavior of Ceratitis capitata Wiedemann (Diptera: Tephritidae): Comparison between Immature Males and Females
... A possible explanation would be that, during the larval stage, all organs are being formed in holometabolous insects, thus needs for plastic materials would be high for individuals of both sexes (Ferro & Zucoloto ...
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Sandfly fauna and behavior (Diptera: Psychodidae) in municipalities of the Mesoregion North Pioneer of Paraná, Brazil
... The occurrence of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) in the municipalities of Jaboti, Japira, Pinhalão, and Tomazina in the North Pioneer of the State of Paraná, where this disease is endemic, prompted the investigation of ...
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ECOLOGY, BEHAVIOR AND BIONOMICS Biodiversity of Frugivorous Flies (Diptera: Tephritoidea) Captured in Citrus Groves, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
... RESUMO - Este trabalho apresenta uma análise faunística das espécies frugívoras de Tephritoidea (Diptera), capturadas em três pomares de citros dos municípios de Anastácio e Terenos-MS, durante 25 meses. ...
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ECOLOGY, BEHAVIOR AND BIONOMICS
... Diptera at the study site visited many plant species, over- all, as happens in other sites (Gilbert 1995, Arruda & Sazima 1996, Proctor & Lack 1996). In this study, plant families and species with higher ...
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ECOLOGY, BEHAVIOR AND BIONOMICS
... larva may present physiologic and genetic characteristics, which allow for the adaptation to new hosts (Krainacker et al. 1987). This fact would explain the eggs found on agar substrate. Wild A. obliqua may also present ...
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ECOLOGY, BEHAVIOR AND BIONOMICS
... oviposition behavior is critical for larvae survival, since they have relatively little mobility and depend on the nutritive resources of the host plant selected by adult females (Singer 1986, Renwick ...
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ECOLOGY, BEHAVIOR AND BIONOMICS
... specialized behavior of host plant selection (Zucoloto 1987), which relies on olfactory and taste sensors that respond to taxon-specific plant substances (van Loon & Dicke ...
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