Damage Caused by Seed-Feeding Insects in Senna corymbosa: A New Host Plant for the Subfamily Bruchinae
Abstract In the larval stage, bruchines can cause several damages to the seeds of their host plants due to the consumption of the embryo. The aim of this study was to identify the species of seed-feeding insects in Senna corymbosa (Fabaceae) and quantify the damage caused to seeds. For this purpose,...
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| author | Marciane Danniela Fleck Ervandil Corrêa Costa Jardel Boscardin Jéssica Maus da Silva |
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| description | Abstract In the larval stage, bruchines can cause several damages to the seeds of their host plants due to the consumption of the embryo. The aim of this study was to identify the species of seed-feeding insects in Senna corymbosa (Fabaceae) and quantify the damage caused to seeds. For this purpose, ripe fruits of S. corymbosa were collected monthly from May to August 2014. The fruits were stored in containers to obtain the adult insects and quantify the damage to the seeds. A total of 3,548 seed beetles emerged from the fruits, around 89% belonging to Sennius lateapicalis. Insects consume up to 43.2% of the internal seed content. Moreover, the seed beetles Hymenoptera parasitoids emerged. In this study, seed-feeding insects are recorded for the first time in S. corymbosa. In addition, it contributes to describing fruits and seeds, as well as associated bruchine species and the damage they cause to seeds. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bffeed342e234311a73513040e9905222022-12-21T19:45:04ZengUniversidade Federal Rural do Rio de JaneiroFloresta e Ambiente2179-80872020-08-0128110.1590/2179-8087-floram-2020-0008Damage Caused by Seed-Feeding Insects in Senna corymbosa: A New Host Plant for the Subfamily BruchinaeMarciane Danniela Fleckhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7783-7907Ervandil Corrêa CostaJardel BoscardinJéssica Maus da SilvaAbstract In the larval stage, bruchines can cause several damages to the seeds of their host plants due to the consumption of the embryo. The aim of this study was to identify the species of seed-feeding insects in Senna corymbosa (Fabaceae) and quantify the damage caused to seeds. For this purpose, ripe fruits of S. corymbosa were collected monthly from May to August 2014. The fruits were stored in containers to obtain the adult insects and quantify the damage to the seeds. A total of 3,548 seed beetles emerged from the fruits, around 89% belonging to Sennius lateapicalis. Insects consume up to 43.2% of the internal seed content. Moreover, the seed beetles Hymenoptera parasitoids emerged. In this study, seed-feeding insects are recorded for the first time in S. corymbosa. In addition, it contributes to describing fruits and seeds, as well as associated bruchine species and the damage they cause to seeds.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2179-80872021000100305&tlng=enforest entomologyparasitoidsseed predationseed beetlesSennius |
| spellingShingle | Marciane Danniela Fleck Ervandil Corrêa Costa Jardel Boscardin Jéssica Maus da Silva Damage Caused by Seed-Feeding Insects in Senna corymbosa: A New Host Plant for the Subfamily Bruchinae Floresta e Ambiente forest entomology parasitoids seed predation seed beetles Sennius |
| title | Damage Caused by Seed-Feeding Insects in Senna corymbosa: A New Host Plant for the Subfamily Bruchinae |
| title_full | Damage Caused by Seed-Feeding Insects in Senna corymbosa: A New Host Plant for the Subfamily Bruchinae |
| title_fullStr | Damage Caused by Seed-Feeding Insects in Senna corymbosa: A New Host Plant for the Subfamily Bruchinae |
| title_full_unstemmed | Damage Caused by Seed-Feeding Insects in Senna corymbosa: A New Host Plant for the Subfamily Bruchinae |
| title_short | Damage Caused by Seed-Feeding Insects in Senna corymbosa: A New Host Plant for the Subfamily Bruchinae |
| title_sort | damage caused by seed feeding insects in senna corymbosa a new host plant for the subfamily bruchinae |
| topic | forest entomology parasitoids seed predation seed beetles Sennius |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2179-80872021000100305&tlng=en |
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