@article {2340, title = {Diversity of Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritoidea) and Their Host Plants in a Conservation Unit from Midwestern Brazil}, journal = {Florida Entomologist}, volume = {102}, year = {2019}, pages = {562-570}, abstract = {

Fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae and Lonchaeidae) awere sampled in the Serra da Bodoquena National Park (Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil) and surrounding areas. TThirty-nine plant species from 29 plant families were collected. Twelve fruit species were hosts to fruit fly larvae. The survey resulted in the recovery of 1,476 larvae and 968 adult fruit flies. Among the adultswere 90 Lonchaidae,\  3 spp of Neosilba (Diptera: Lonchaeidae) were obtained.\ 

Neosilba glaberrima (Wiedemann) and Neosilba zadolicha McAlpine \& Steyskal are recorded for the first time infesting Persea americana Miller (Lauraceae), and Neosilba certa (Walker) (all Diptera: Lonchaeidae) infesting Chrysophyllum gonocarpum (Mart. \& Eichler) Engl. (Sapotaceae),\ 

}, author = {Luciano Brasil Martins de Almeida and Jo{\~a}o B. Coelho and MANOEL A. UCHOA and Laura J. Gisloti} } @article {2318, title = {First Report of Neosilba pradoi and Dasiops frieseni (Diptera: Lonchaeidae) in Cultivated and Wild Hosts in Uruguay}, journal = {Florida Entomologist }, volume = {100}, year = {2017}, month = {Dec 2017}, chapter = {831-832.}, abstract = {

We report Neosilba pradoi and Dasiops frieseni (Diptera: Lonchaeidae) for the first time in Uruguay, which is the most southern distribution yet found for these species. Moreover, new host associations are recorded: D. frieseni in Citrus sinensis cv. Valencia and an undetermined lonchaeid in Acanthosyris spinescens.

}, author = {Calvo, G. and Alexandra Delgado and Scatoni I and Garda F R M} } @article {2204, title = {Fruit Flies and Lance Flies (Diptera: Tephritoidea) and Their Host Plants in a Conservation Unit of the Cerrado Biome in Tocantins, Brazil}, journal = {Florida Entomologist }, volume = {97}, year = {2014}, pages = {1139-1147}, abstract = {

Fruit flies (Tephritidae) and lance flies (Lonchaeidae) are specialized in exploring fruits as resource, and the native Angiospermae represent potential hosts for their frugivorous larvae. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship of fruit fly and lance fly species with native host fruits in the Parque Estadual do Lajeado, Palmas, Tocantins, Brazil. The survey was carried out from May 2011 to Apr 2013, with sampling of fruits to obtain third instar larvae, pupae and adults. We sampled fruits of 18 plant species of which 7 were infested by fruit flies or lance flies, and from which emerged 888 adults of Neosilba spp. (Lonchaeidae), and 81 adults of Anastrepha (Tephritidae). Neosilba zadolicha emerged from fruit of Siparuna camporum, Dyospiros hispida, Annona coreacea, Mouriri pusa, Cheiloclinium cognatum and Salacia crassifolia. Neosilba bifida, N. glaberrima, and Neosilba n. sp.1, emerged from fruits of D. hispida.

}, author = {Bonfim do D.A. and Gisloti, L.J. and MANOEL A. UCHOA} } @article {2112, title = {Parasitism of Neosilba perezi (Diptera: Lonchaeidae) Larvae by a Braconid, Phaenocarpa neosilba (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Alysiinae)}, journal = {Florida Entomologist}, volume = {95}, year = {2012}, pages = {900-904}, abstract = {

Neosilba perezi (Romero \& Ruppel) is known as the cassava shoot fly or shoot fly, because, unlike other species of its genus, its larvae feed exclusively on shoots of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz). These larvae kill the affected cassava shoots. Natural parasitism by a braconid, Phaenocarpa neosilba Arouca \& Penteado-Dias, 2006, on shoot fly larvae was studied at 3 locations in the southwestern region of the state of S\ão Paulo, Brazil. Larvae-infested shoots of cassava were collected at 3 distinct locations where cassava crops were grown. The shoots were kept in plastic boxes for pupation and emergence of adult flies and the parasitoid. The percentage of parasitism was separately correlated with temperature, rainfall, and age of the cassava plants. The average percent parasitism was 24.36\%. A negative correlation between temperature and percent parasitism was observed at 1 location. At all 3 study areas percent parasitism of N. perezi showed a negative correlation with plant age. Therefore, given the high percent parasitism observed at the 3 locations, natural biological control may be an important factor in the population dynamics of N. perezi.

}, keywords = {parasitism}, url = {http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1653/024.095.0412}, author = {Gisloti, L.J. and A. P. do Prado} } @article {1677, title = {Pests of cassava in south Florida}, journal = {Florida Entomologist}, year = {1982}, abstract = {ABSTRACT Insect pests found on cassava, Manihot esculenta, in southern Florida included the cassava hornworm, Erinnyis ello L. and the cassava shoot fly, Neosilba perezi Romero and Ruppel. }, author = {Pena, J.L.} } @article {1538, title = {Dasiops passifloris (Diptera: Lonchaeidae), A Pest of Wild Passion Fruit in South Florida}, journal = {Florida Entomologist}, volume = {56}, year = {1973}, pages = {8-10}, abstract = {Dasiops passifloris McAlpine (Diptera: Lonchaeidae) infests fruit of the corky-stemmed passion flower, Passiflora pallida L. in south Florida. The female oviposits from 1 to 4 eggs in a single fruit and the larvae feed on the seed pulp as well as its internal contents. Later, the mature larvae feed on the fruit pulp under the skin, and pupation takes place within the soil. D. passifloris occurs from Dade County southward to Key West, Florida}, url = {http://journals.fcla.edu/flaent/article/view/56752 }, author = {Stegmaier, Jr., Carl E.} }