ABSTRACT
The collected of parasitoids in cattle dung deposited in pasture were conducted from January to October 2001 in Itumbiara, Goiás, Brazil. Cattle dung pats were exposed at a pasture for 24, 48, 72, 96, 120, 144, 168, 192, 216 and 240 hours and were than taken to labortory separate from each other, for parasitoids extraction. A total of 100 dung pats were exposed at pasture, from which 3,229 Scarabaeidae were recovered. The most abundant species Diptera were: Palaeosepsis spp. and Sarcophagula occidua and parasitoids: Paraganapis egeria and Spalangia drosophilae.
KEY WORDS:
Parasitoids; catlle dung; biocontrol; Goiás.