ABSTRACT
This work surveyed the frugivorous flies species (Diptera: Lonchaeidae) associated with the coffee crop of the Jaíba Project, in the north of Minas Gerais State, Brazil. Flies were collected in two coffee plantations of 0.5 ha each (areas 1 and 2) and in another one of 2 ha (area 3), all of them irrigated and grown under full sun with the red Catuaí variety. The survey of insects was carried out from January 2009 to April 2010, in the ripening phase. The insects were sampled from ripe fruits, fallen on the ground, and those picked from the plant. A total of 497 individuals were obtained, from which 245 were females and 252 were males. The identified species were Neosilba pendula (Bezzi), N. zadolicha (McAlpine & Steyskal) and N. inesperata (Strikis & Prado), with a predominance of N. pendula (94.1%). This is the first record of N. inesperata in Minas Gerais.
KEY WORDS
Neosilba
; lonchaeid;
Coffea arabica
; coffee