Use of Plant Resources by Merosargus (Diptera, Stratiomyidae, Sarginae) Larvae

Table 2

Merosargus species with respective plant species and substrate types found in samples collected at the Parque Estadual do Rio Doce (PERD), Minas Gerais, Brazil, between October 2001 and October 2004.

Merosargus species	Substrates
	Substrate type	Plant species
M. cf. arcuatus	Stem	T. bissectus
M. azureus	Stem	T. bissectus, Urera sp., E. edulis, and Cucurbitaceae sp.1
	Pseudostem	H. aemygdiana, H. x matenensis, H. spathocircinata, H. episcopalis, and P. maximum
	Leaf	Amaranthaceae sp.2
M. cf. bivittatus	Inflorescence	H. spathocircinata
M. cingulatus	Stem	A. aculeatissimum and T. bissectus
	Pseudostem	H. episcopalis
	Leaf	A. aculeatissimum
	Inflorescence	Musa sp.
M. cf. coxalis	Flower	L. lurida
M. gowdeyi	Pseudostem	H. episcopalis
	Leaf	Amaranthaceae sp.1
M. gracilis	Stem	A. aculeatissimum and Urera sp.
	Pseudostem	H. episcopalis
	Leaf	A. aculeatissimum
M. cf. opaliger	Stem	T. bissectus
M. aff. pallifrons	Inflorescence	Musa sp., H. episcopalis, and H. x matenensis
	Pseudostem	Musa sp., H. spathocircinata, and H. episcopalis
	Bored pseudostem	H. episcopalis
M. cf. pictipes	Leaf	A. aculeatissimum
M. cf. transversus	Fruit	Guarea sp.
M. varicrus	Inflorescence	H. spathocircinata and H. episcopalis
	Pseudostem	H. episcopalis
	Bored pseudostem	H. episcopalis
Other Sarginae genera found
Acrochaeta sp.	Stem	T. bissectus
Ptecticus sp.	Fruit	Spondias sp. and J. princeps
Himantigera sp.	Fruit	Guarea sp. and unidentified