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First report of parasitoid Paraganaspis egeria Díaz, Gallardo & Walsh (Hymenoptera: Figitidae: Eucolinae) as natural enemy of Archisepsis scabra (Loew) (Diptera: Sepsidae) in buffalo dung in Brazil

This study is the first report of the occurrence of Paraganaspis egeria Díaz, Gallardo & Walsh (Hymenoptera: Figitidae: Eucoilinae) as parasitoid of Archisepsis scabra (Loew) (Diptera: Sepsidae) in buffalo dung in Itumbiara, Goiás, Brazil. The samples were collected and taken to the laboratory for pupa extraction by water flotation technique. The pupae were individually placed in gelatin capsules until the emergency of the adults flies or their parasitoids. The parasitism percentage was 3.4%.

biological control; natural enemy; buffalo dung; flies; Brazil


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