Neotropical Entomology ISSN: 1519-566X journal homepage: www.scielo.br/ne SCIENTIFIC NOTE First Record of Anastrepha fl avipennis Greene (Diptera: TephriƟ dae) and of its Host in the Brazilian Amazon EC CÊÙÙ, NM S®½ò, FCC S®½ò, MR PÄ Lab de Entomologia e Acarologia Agrícola, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias, Univ Federal do Amazonas Manaus, AM, Brasil Keywords Abstract Abiurana-da-várzea, fruit fly, Pouteria glomerata, Sapotaceae Anastrepha ϔlavipennis Greene was obtained from Pouteria glomerata (Sapotaceae) fruits, known as “abiurana-da-várzea” in the Brazilian Correspondence Amazon. This is the irst record of A. ϔlavipennis for the state of N½®ãÊÄ M S®½ò, Lab de Entomologia e Amazonas and of P. glomerata as a host for this fruit ly in the Amazon Acarologia Agrícola, Faculdade de Ciências Basin. Agrárias – FCA/UFAM, Av. Gen. Rodrigo Otávio Jordão Ramos, 3000, Mini Campus 69070-000, Manaus, AM, Brasil;
[email protected] Edited by Roberto A Zucchi – ESALQ/USP Received 17 September 2010 and accepted 29 December 2010 Anastrepha ϔlavipennis Greene is recorded in Brazil Basin and it is commonly found in lood plain ecosystems. and Panamá (Stone 1942a), Venezuela and Colombia The fruits are green and covered with rusty hairs. Unlike (Norrbom et al 1998), and Argentina (Foote 1967). In other fruits of the genus, they are not consumed by Brazil, this species occurs in the states of Pará, Roraima, native people (Braga et al 2007). Most Pouteria species Maranhão, Piauí and Minas Gerais (Zucchi 2008). are indigenous to the tropical and subtropical regions The objective of this work was to report the occurrence of South America, including Brazil, and few species are of fruit ly and a new host fruit in the Brazilian Amazon.