Entomofauna associated to fruits and seeds of two species of Enterolobium Mart. (Leguminosae): harm or benefit?

Revista Brasileira de Entomologia

Marcos Vinicius Meiado¹  Eliana Akie Simabukuro²  Luciana Iannuzzi² 

[1] ,Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco Centro de Referência para Recuperação de Áreas Degradadas Laboratório de SementesPetrolina PE ,Brazil

关键词: Bruchinae;    Cerambycidae;    Coleoptera;    insect-plant interactions;    seed predation;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0085-56262013000100015

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Entomofauna associated to fruits and seeds of two species of Enterolobium Mart. (Leguminosae): Harm or benefit? The aims of the present study were to identify the entomofauna associated to the fruits and seeds of Enterolobium contortisiliquum (Vell.) Morong and Enterolobium timbouva Mart. (Leguminosae), as well as to determine relationships among insects and the possible harm and/or benefit stemming from these associations. Fruit infestation was evaluated and the insects were identified. Seed consumption (%) and the germination of predated seeds (%) were determined. The fruits of E. contortisiliquum exhibited a high percentage of infestation (91%). The most representative species in the fruits were Lophopoeum timbouvae Lameere, 1884, Merobruchus bicoloripes (Pic, 1930) and Stator limbatus (Horn, 1873). In the fruits of E. timbouva, only one species was found (S. limbatus). E. contortisiliquum seed consumption was proportionately higher (55.2%) to that of E. timbouva (15%). The germination of predated seeds from E. contortisiliquum was null, whereas 40% of predated seeds from E. timbouva germinated.

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