Egg length of Anastrepha obliqua Macquart (Diptera, Tephritidae) according to oviposition rate and maternal age

Boleli, Isabel C.; Teles, M. Madalena da Costa

doi:10.1590/S0101-81751992000200007

Abstract

The length of the entire egg, micropile and vitellus regions of Anastrepha obliqua Macquart, 1835 were measured during all opposition period. Obtained values were compared among them and with oviposition rate. The smallest eggs were produced during the first 35 oviposition days, period where the highest oviposition rate occured. The decrease in egg length was found to be due to a descrease in the vitellus region. Micropile length was found to be pratically constant throughout oviposition. Furthermore, no relationship between maternal age and length was detectable.

Anastrepha obliqua; fruit fly; egg length; oviposition rate

Egg length of Anastrepha obliqua Macquart (Diptera, Tephritidae) according to oviposition rate and maternal age

Isabel C. Boleli; M. Madalena da Costa Teles

Departamento de Biologia, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Bandeirantes, 3900, 14031-450 Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brasil

ABSTRACT

The length of the entire egg, micropile and vitellus regions of Anastrepha obliqua Macquart, 1835 were measured during all opposition period. Obtained values were compared among them and with oviposition rate. The smallest eggs were produced during the first 35 oviposition days, period where the highest oviposition rate occured. The decrease in egg length was found to be due to a descrease in the vitellus region. Micropile length was found to be pratically constant throughout oviposition. Furthermore, no relationship between maternal age and length was detectable.

Key words: Anastrepha obliqua, fruit fly, egg length, oviposition rate

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. The authors are grateful to "Coordenadoria de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior" (CAPES) for financial support, and to COPERSUCAR for permitting the use of their orchard for fruit collection.

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Recebido em 10.IV.1992; aceito em 25.V.1993.

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Date of issue
1992

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Accepted
25 May 1993
Received
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[3] BUTLIN, R.K.; C.W. WOODHATCH & G.W. HEWITT. 1987. Spermatophore investment increases female fecundity in a grasshopper. Evolution 41: 221-225.

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[5] FITT, O.P. 1990. Variation in ovariole number and egg size of species of Dacus (Diptera - Tephritidae) and their relation to host specialization. Ecol. Entomol. 15: 255-264.

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[8] KARLSSON, B. 1987. Variation in egg weight, oviposition rate and reproductive reserves with female age in a natural population of the speckled wood butterfly, Pararge aegeria. Ecol. Ent. 12: 473-476.

[9] KARLSSON, B. & C. WIRLUND. 1984. Egg weight variation and lack of correlation between egg weight and offspring fitness in the wall brown butterfly Lasiommata megera. Oikos 43: 376-385.

[10] KASULE, F.K. 1991. Egg size increase with maternal age in the cotton stainer bugs Dysdercus fasciatus and D. caedinales (Hemiptera, Pyrrhocoridae). Ecol. Ent. 15: 345-349.

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[13] LABINE, P.A. 1968. The population biology of the butterfly, Euphydryas editha. VIII. Oviposition and its relation to patterns of butterflies. Evolution 22: 799-805.

[14] MOORE, R.E. & M.C. SINGER. 1987. Effects of maternal age and adult diet on egg weight in the butterfly Euphydryas aditha. Ecol. Ent. 12: 401-408.

[15] MOSSEAU, T. & H. DINGLE. 1991. Maternal effects in insects life histories. Ann. Rev. Ent. 36: 511-534.

[16] MURPHY, D.D.; A.E. LAUNER & P.R. EHRLICH. 1983. The role of adult feeding in egg production and population dynamics of the checkerspot butterfly Euphydryas editha. Oecologia 56: 257-263.

[17] NIELSON, W.T.A. & J.W. McALLAN. 1965. Effects of mating on fecundity of the apple maggot Rhagoletis pomonella (Walsh.). Can. Ent. 97 (5): 276-279.

[18] POLLONI, Y.J. 1981. Aspectos do comportamento reprodutivo de algumas espécies de moscas-das-frutas do gênero Anastrepha Schiner, 1868 (Diptera, Tephritidae) em laboratório. Dissertação de Mestrado, não publicada, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, 108p.

[19] RICHARDS, L.J. & J.H. MAYERS. 1980. Maternal influence on size and emergence time of the cinnabar moth. Can. J. Zool. 58: 1452-1457.

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[21] SILVA, M.T. DA; Y.J. POLLONI & S. BRESSAN. 1985. Mating behavior of some fruit flies of the genusAnastrepha Schiner, 1868 (Diptera - Tephritidae) in the laboratory. Revta bras. Ent. 29 (1): 155-164.

[22] SIMÕES-JORGE, M.H. 1987. Estudo do desenvolvimento pós-embrionário de moscas-das-frutas do gênero Anastrepha Schiner, 1868 (Diptera - Tephritidae). Dissertação de Mestrado, não publicada, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, 180p.

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