Check List 16(3): 749-752, doi: 10.15560/16.3.749

First report of Coenosia attenuata (Stein, 1903) (Diptera, Muscidae) in Uruguay, confirmed by DNA barcode sequences

Mario Giambiasi^‡, Abel Rodríguez^‡, Ana Arruabarrena^‡, José Buenahora^‡

‡ INIA, Salto, Uruguay

Corresponding author: Mario Giambiasi ( giambiasi7@gmail.com )

Academic editor: Kirstern Lica Follmann Haseyama

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Citation: Giambiasi M, Rodríguez A, Arruabarrena A, Buenahora J (2020) First report of Coenosia attenuata (Stein, 1903) (Diptera, Muscidae) in Uruguay, confirmed by DNA barcode sequences. Check List 16(3): 749-752. https://doi.org/10.15560/16.3.749

Abstract

Coenosia attenuata (Stein, 1903) is a predatory fly which feeds on other insects and can be used as a possible biological control agent. We report this insect in Uruguay for the first time. The flies were found in greenhouses on tomatoes and sweet peppers and identified using both DNA barcoding and morphological characteristics.

Keywords

Biological control, Coenosiinae, COI, horticulture, predator