An Unprecedented Record of Parasitoidism of Formicidae by a Sarcophagid Fly

Authors

  • Marcos Antonio Lima Bragança Universidade Federal do Tocantins, Campus de Porto Nacional https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5748-4737
  • Raquel Silva Acácio Universidade Federal do Tocantins, Programa de Pós Graduação em Ciências do Ambiente
  • Filipe Viegas de Arruda Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisa do Pantanal https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0318-4047
  • Marcos Antônio Pesquero Universidade Estadual de Goiás, Programa de Pós-graduação em Ambiente e Sociedade https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1337-2439

Keywords:

Brazilian savanna, Helicobia, natural enemies, parasitoid-host interaction

Abstract

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.

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Published

2020-01-01

How to Cite

Bragança, M. A. L., Acácio, R. S., Arruda, F. V. de, & Pesquero, M. A. (2020). An Unprecedented Record of Parasitoidism of Formicidae by a Sarcophagid Fly. Biota Neotropica, 20(3). Retrieved from //www.biotaneotropica.org.br/BN/article/view/1752

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