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Short Communication • Biota Neotrop. 20 (3) • 2020 • https://doi.org/10.1590/1676-0611-BN-2020-1015   copy

An Unprecedented Record of Parasitoidism of Formicidae by a Sarcophagid Fly

Um registro sem precedentes de parasitoidismo de Formicidae por uma mosca sarcófaga

Authorship SCIMAGO INSTITUTIONS RANKINGS

Abstract:

The first case of parasitoidism of a Myrmicinae ant by a sarcophagid fly has been observed in the Brazilian Cerrado. The larva of a Helicobia Coquillet (Sarcophagidae) specimen fed on head tissues of an Atta laevigata Smith, 1858 soldier and an adult male fly emerged from a puparium formed outside the host.

Keywords:
Brazilian savanna; Helicobia; natural enemies; parasitoid-host interaction

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