@article {2232, title = {Lance fly (Diptera: Lonchaeidae) host plants in the State of S{\~a}o Paulo, Southeast Brasil.}, journal = {Entomotropica}, volume = {30}, year = {2015}, pages = {57-68}, abstract = {

Many species of Lonchaeidae predominate in the complex of fruit flies (Tephritoidea) infesting more species of host fruits that the species of Tephritidae. In the southern hemisphere, very little is known about the diversity of the species of Lonchaeidae and their host relationship. This paper records the species of Lonchaeidae and their respective host plants as recovered out of a total of 1,522 samples of fruit relating to 113 plant species coming from 94 municipalities of the State of S\ão Paulo, Brazil. A total of 26,906 Lonchaeidae adults were obtained, belonging to 14 species of Neosilba McAlpine, Dasiops inedulis Steyskal, Dasiops frieseni Norrbom \& McAlpine and Lonchaea sp. Specimens of Neosilba represented 99.78 \% of the adults recovered: N. bella Strikis \& Prado, N. bifida Strikis \& Prado, N. certa (Walker), N. cornuphallus Strikis, N. dimidiata Curran, N. inesperata Strikis \& Prado, N. glaberrima (Wiedemann), N. laura Strikis, N. paramerolatus Strikis, N. parva Hennig, N. pradoi Strikis \& Lerena, N. pendula (Bezzi), N. perezi (Romero \& Ruppel) and N. zadolicha McAlpine \& Steyskal. Neosilba zadolicha is predominant, abundant and generalist species

}, url = {http://www.entomotropica.org/index.php/entomotropica/article/viewFile/455/575}, author = {Raga, A. and de Souza-Filho, MF and Strikis, P.C. and Montes, S.M.N.M.} } @article {2141, title = {New records of occurrence of five species of Neosilba (Diptera: Lonchaeidae) in the State of Bahia, Brazil}, journal = {CIENCIA RURAL }, volume = {43}, year = {2013}, pages = {1744-1746}, chapter = {1744}, abstract = {

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

}, author = {Bittencourt, MAL and de Menezes AMS and Bomfin JPD and dos Santos OO and Castellani MA and Strikis, P.C.} } @article {1711, title = {Description of 11 New Species of Neosilba (Diptera: Lonchaeidae) from Brazil, its hosts and geographical distribution}, journal = {Trends in Entomology}, volume = {7}, year = {2011}, pages = {67-79}, abstract = {

The species of genus Neosilba McAlpine are known to be distributed mainly in Neotropical region, some are polyphagous and few species are known to be monophagous or oligophagous. In this paper 11 new species of genus Neosilba are described. The geographical distribution of these new species in Brazil and their associations with host fruits are presented.

}, url = {http://researchtrends.net/tia/abstract.asp?in=0\&vn=7\&tid=20\&aid=3486\&pub=2011\&type=}, author = {Strikis, P.C.} }