Assemblages of fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) along an elevational gradient in the rainforests of Papua New Guinea

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sam Finnie ◽  
Katerina Sam ◽  
Maurice Leponce ◽  
Yves Basset ◽  
Dick Drew ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Elevational Gradient ◽  
Fruit Flies

New geographical distribution records.

2022 ◽  
pp. 78-79
Author(s):  
Richard A. I. Drew ◽  
Meredith C. Romig
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Fruit Flies

Abstract New geographical records are presented for 27 species of fruit flies (25 from genus Bactrocera and 2 from genus Dacus) from Papua New Guinea, Indonesian Papua, associated islands and Bougainville.

scholarly journals Host specialization and species richness of fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) in a New Guinea rain forest

2005 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vojtech Novotny ◽  
Anthony R. Clarke ◽  
Richard A. I. Drew ◽  
Solomon Balagawi ◽  
Barbara Clifford
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Rain Forest ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Fruit Fly ◽  
Fruit Flies ◽  
Host Specialization ◽  
Area 5 ◽  
Local Species ◽  
Single Genus

Frugivorous dacine fruit flies were studied in a lowland tropical rain forest in Papua New Guinea to determine their host specificity, abundance, and the number of species attacking various plant species. Plant species hosted 0–3 fruit fly species at median (1–3 quartile) densities of 1 (0–17) fruit flies per 100 fruits. Fruit flies were mostly specialized to a single plant family (83% species) and within each family to a single genus (88% species), while most of the species (66%) were able to feed on >1 congeneric plant species. Only 30 from the 53 studied plant species were colonized by fruit flies. The plant–fruit fly food web, including these 30 plant species and the total of 29 fruit fly species feeding on them, was divided into 14 compartments, each including 1–8 plant species hosting mutually disjunct assemblages of fruit flies. This structure minimizes indirect interactions among plant species via shared herbivores. The local species pool was estimated at 152±32 (±SE) fruit fly species. Forty per cent of all taxonomically described species known from Papua New Guinea were reared or trapped in our study area. Such a high proportion indicates low beta-diversity of fruit flies. Steiner traps were highly efficient in sampling the lure-responsive fruit fly species as they re-collected 84% of all species trapped in the same area 5 y before. Fruit fly monitoring by these traps is a cheap, simple and efficient method for the study of spatial and temporal changes in rain-forest communities.

scholarly journals Elevational gradient of Hemiptera (Heteroptera, Auchenorrhyncha) on a tropical mountain in Papua New Guinea

PeerJ ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. e978 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maxime Le Cesne ◽  
Stephen W. Wilson ◽  
Adeline Soulier-Perkins
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Elevational Gradient ◽  
Tropical Mountain

scholarly journals Insect herbivory and herbivores of Ficus species along a rain forest elevational gradient in Papua New Guinea

Biotropica ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 263-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katerina Sam ◽  
Bonny Koane ◽  
Legi Sam ◽  
Anna Mrazova ◽  
Simon Segar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Rain Forest ◽  
Insect Herbivory ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Elevational Gradient

Resource use and food preferences in understory ant communities along a complete elevational gradient in Papua New Guinea

Biotropica ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 641-648 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jérôme Orivel ◽  
Petr Klimes ◽  
Vojtech Novotny ◽  
Maurice Leponce
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Resource Use ◽  
Food Preferences ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Elevational Gradient ◽  
Ant Communities

New information on known species.

2022 ◽  
pp. 74-77
Author(s):  
Richard A. I. Drew ◽  
Meredith C. Romig
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Fruit Flies ◽  
New Information

Abstract This chapter focuses on new information (such as taxonomy, morphology, distribution and hosts) of known species of fruit flies (Bactrocera daruensis, B. denigrata, B. longicornis, B. nigella, B. thistletoni and B. torresiae) from Papua New Guinea and associated islands.

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