Table 1.
Food sources in Diptera. Overview of food sources in different dipteran species, life stages, and corresponding studies, which were used for detecting diet-specific patterns in dipteran gut microbial communities.
| Species | Life Stage | Food Source | Origin | Method | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayetiola destructor | Adult | Plants (leaves) | Laboratory | 16S rRNA (454-pyrosequencing) |
[60] |
| Delia radicum | Larvae | Plants (roots) | Laboratory | 16S rRNA (Ion Torrent) |
[61] |
| Bactrocera cucurbitae | Adult | Plants (fruits) | Natural | 16S rRNA (ABI) |
[62] |
| Anastrepha serpentina | Adult | Plants (fruits) | Natural | 16S rRNA (454-pyrosequencing) |
[63] |
| Larvae | Plants (fruits) | Natural | 16S rRNA (454-pyrosequencing) |
||
| Hermetia illucens | Larvae | Plants (seeds) | Laboratory | 16S rRNA (454-pyrosequencing) |
[64] |
| Decomposers (omnivore) | |||||
| Decomposers (animal) | |||||
| Anopheles gambiae | Adult | Sugar solution | Laboratory | 16S rRNA (454-pyrosequencing) |
[50] |
| Blood | |||||
| Larvae | zooplankton | ||||
| Anopheles culicifacies | Adult | Sugar solution | Laboratory | 16S rRNA (454-pyrosequencing) |
[65] |
| Ades aegypti | Adult | Blood | Laboratory | 16S rRNA (Illumina) | [66] |
| Musca domestica | Adult | Decomposers (omnivore) | Natural | 16S rRNA (Illumina, ABI) |
[67,68] |
| Larvae | Plants (seeds) | Laboratory | 16S rRNA (Illumina) |
[69] | |
| Drosophila melanogaster | Adult | Decomposers (plants) | Natural | 16S rRNA (Illumina) |
[70] |
| Drosophila suzukii | Adult | Plant (fruits) | Natural | 16S rRNA (Illumina) |
[71] |
| Larvae | Plants (fruits) | Natural | 16S rRNA (Illumina) |
||
| Sargophaga spp. | Adult | Decomposer (omnivores) | Natural | 16S rRNA (ABI) |
[72] |
| Larvae | Flesh | ||||
| Stomoxys calcitrans | Larvae | Decomposer (omnivore) | Natural | 16S rRNA (454-pyrosequencing) |
[73] |
| Lucilia cuprina | Adult | Flesh | Laboratory | 16S rRNA (454-pyrosequencing) |
[74] |
| Larvae | Flesh | ||||
| Lucilia sericata | Adult Larvae |
Flesh Flesh |
Laboratory | 16S rRNA (454-pyrosequencing) |
[74] |