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Effects of seasonality on drosophilids (Insecta, Diptera) in the northern part of the Atlantic Forest, Brazil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 March 2017

R.D. Coutinho-Silva ,
M.A. Montes ,
G.F. Oliveira ,
F.G. de Carvalho-Neto ,
C. Rohde  and
A.C.L. Garcia
R.D. Coutinho-Silva
Affiliation:
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Celular e Molecular Aplicada, Universidade de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil
M.A. Montes
Affiliation:
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil
G.F. Oliveira
Affiliation:
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Animal, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
F.G. de Carvalho-Neto
Affiliation:
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Genética, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil
C. Rohde
Affiliation:
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Celular e Molecular Aplicada, Universidade de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Humana e Meio Ambiente, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Vitória de Santo Antão, PE, Brazil
A.C.L. Garcia*
Affiliation:
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Humana e Meio Ambiente, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Vitória de Santo Antão, PE, Brazil
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*Author for correspondence Phone: +55 (81) 3523 3351 Fax: +55 (81) 2126 8000 E-mail: alauergarcia@yahoo.com.br
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Abstract

Seasonality is an important aspect associated with population dynamic and structure of tropical insect assemblages. This study evaluated the effects of seasonality on abundance, richness, diversity and composition of an insect group, drosophilids, including species native to the Neotropical region and exotic ones. Three preserved fragments of the northern Atlantic Forest were surveyed, where temperatures are above 20 °C throughout the year and rainfall regimes define two seasons (dry and rainy). As opposed to other studies about arthropods in tropical regions, we observed that abundance of drosophilids was significantly higher in the dry season, possibly due to biological aspects and the colonization strategy adopted by the exotic species in these environments. Contrarily to abundance, we did not observe a seasonal pattern for richness. As for other parts of the Atlantic Forest, the most representative Neotropical species (Drosophila willistoni, D. sturtevanti, D. paulistorum and D. prosaltans) were significantly more abundant in the rainy season. Among the most abundant exotic species, D. malerkotliana, Zaprionus indianus and Scaptodrosophila latifasciaeformis were more importantly represented the dry season, while D. simulans was more abundant in the rainy period. The seasonality patterns exhibited by the most abundant species were compared to findings published in other studies. Our results indicate that exotic species were significantly more abundant in the dry season, while native ones exhibited an opposite pattern.

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abundanceexotic speciesNeotropical speciesrichness
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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 107 , Issue 5 , October 2017 , pp. 634 - 644
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