Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia (Feb 2006)

Encontro do parasitóide Tachinaephagus zealandicus (Ashmead) (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) em pupas de Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius) (Diptera: Calliphoridae) em carcaça de rato Occurrence of the parasitoid Tachinaephagus zealandicus (Ashmead) (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) in pupae of Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius) (Diptera: Calliphoridae) in rat carcass

  • T.C. Moretti,
  • O.B. Ribeiro

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/S0102-09352006000100022
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 58, no. 1
pp. 137 – 140

Abstract

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This study reports the occurrence of Tachinaephagus zealandicus (Ashmead) (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) parasitizing pupae of Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius) (Diptera: Calliphoridae) associated with a decomposing rat carcass in a secondary wood area in Campinas, SP. The parasitism rate was 91.8%.

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