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This article reports, for the firts time, the occurrence of a member of the genus Zaprionus (Diptera, Drosophilidae), Zaprionus indianus, in the State of Santa Catarina, on the Atlantic islands of Santa Catarina, Arvoredo, Ratones Grande, Ratones Pequeno e Campeche, in Southern Brazil. This finding could help in monitoring the impact of the introduction and colonization of this fly on the local community of flies, especially those of the family Drosophilidae, highly abundant on these islands which are partially or totally covered by the typical vegetation of the Atlantic Forest. Although we detected a slight increase in the frequency of Z. indianus in the samples obtained from January to April 2000, the absolute number of species and species groups of Drosophilidae appeared to be preserved.Downloads
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