Entomofauna asociada a fl ores de berenjena y su papel en la producción de los frutos

ISSN 0373-5680 (impresa), ISSN 1851-7471 (en línea) Rev. Soc. Entomol. Argent. 70 (1-2): 17-25, 2011

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Entomofauna asociada a flores de berenjena y su papel en la producción de los frutos
MILLÉO, Julianne*, Thatyla L. B. FARAGO**, Jana M. T. de SOUZA***, Ivana de F. BARBOLA* y Jonathan P. CASTRO****
*Departamento de Biologia Geral. Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa, Av. Carlos Cavalcanti, 4748, CEP 84.030-900, Ponta Grossa, PR, Brasil; e-mail: [e-mail]; [e-mail] **Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia de Água Doce e Pesca Interior. Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Av. André Araújo, 2936, CEP 69.060-001, Manaus, AM, Brasil; e-mail: [e-mail] ***Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação, Universidade Federal do Paraná, CEP 81531-970, Caixa Postal 19031, Curitiba, PR, Brasil; e-mail: [e-mail] ****Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Evolutiva. Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa, Av. Carlos Cavalcanti, 4748, CEP 84.030-900, Ponta Grossa, PR, Brasil; e-mail: [e-mail]

Insects associated with eggplant flowers and their role in fruit production
ABSTRACT. The interest in the role of insect pollination is growing, mainly in the reproduction of plants of economic interest, such as the eggplant. This study about the entomofauna associated with flowers of Solanum melongena has as objectives to identify possible pollinators’ agents and to analyze the benefit of the anthophile insects to this plant. The observations and the survey of the flower visitors’ insects were made in February 2008, between 7:00 am and 5:15 pm, every 45 minutes, in an area of 27 m². The experiment for analysis and comparison between spontaneous self pollination and by biological agents was made at the same place, from February to March - 2009. 631 insects were collected visiting the flowers of eggplants. Among those, stood the beetles of the genera Colaspis Fabricius, Astylus Laporte, Harmonia