ABSTRACT
This study reports the occurrence of superparasitism in pupae of Cyrtoneurina pararescita Couri (Diptera: Muscidae) by the parasitoid Spalangia nigroaenea Curtis (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) in bovine dung in Itumbiara, Goias, Brazil. Manure samples, collected at two intervals, were taken to the laboratory and the pupae were extracted by water flotation. The pupae were placed in gelatin capsules until the emergence of flies or their parasitoids. Parasitoids of the species S. nigroaenea emerged from two of the pupae. This is the first report of superparasitism by S. nigroaenea in pupae of C. pararescita in bovine dung in Brazil.
KEY WORDS
Hymenoptera; Diptera; parasitoids; flies; cattle dung; superparasitism