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NEW HOST AND SUPERPARASITISM FOR SPALANGIA DROSOPHILAE ASHMEAD (HYMENOPTERA: PTEROMALIDAE) IN BRAZIL

ABSTRACT

This paper reports for the first time the occurrence of Spalangia drosophilae Ashmead, 1885 (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) from pupae of Oxysarcodexia thornax (Walker) (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) and the superparasitism of them in Brazil, by means of traps containing some bovine liver baits in bush area close to the Parque of the Serra de Caldas Novas, Goiás, Brazil, in period from August to December 2003. A total 23 specimens parasitoid S. drosophilae from 27 pupae of O. thornax. The percentage of parasitism was 11.1%.

KEY WORDS
Diptera; parasitoid; bush; Caldas Novas; Goiás

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