Triplasta coxalis (Ashmead) (Hymenoptera: Figitidae: Eucoilinae) as a parasitoid of Palaeosepsis spp. (Diptera: Sepsidae) in buffalo dung at Itumbiara, Goiás, Brazil

Abstract

This study reports, for the first time, the occurrence of Triplasta coxalis (Ashmead) (Hymenoptera: Figitidae: Eucoilinae) as a parasitoid of Palaeosepsis spp. (Diptera: Sepsidae) found in buffalo dung at Itumbiara, Goiás, Brazil. Feces samples were collected in the field at two-week intervals and later were taken to the laboratory to extract pupae by the water flotation method. Each pupa was placed in a capsule of colorless gelatin until the emergence of flies or their parasitoids. The parasitism prevalence was 1.2%.

Keywords

• Diptera
• Hymenoptera
• buffalo dung
• biocontrol
• Brazil