Parasitoids of Ophyra aenescens (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Muscidae): fly of medical-sanitary importance collected in State of Goiás, Brazil

The objective of the study was to report the first occurrence of the parasitoid Brachymeria podagrica in pupae of Ophyra aenescens, a fly of medical-sanitary importance. Human feces was used as bait to collect the insects. In the study 20 pupae of Ophyra aenescens (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Muscidae) wer...

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Main Authors: Marchiori Carlos H., Pereira Luiz A., Silva Filho Otacilio M., Ribeiro Lalyne C.S., Borges Vanessa R.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2003
Subjects:
Medical-sanitary importance
Synanthropy
Parasitoid
Muscoid fly
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Arctic
Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/3069e7934eed45d2be90f7e2800157ff
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Summary:The objective of the study was to report the first occurrence of the parasitoid Brachymeria podagrica in pupae of Ophyra aenescens, a fly of medical-sanitary importance. Human feces was used as bait to collect the insects. In the study 20 pupae of Ophyra aenescens (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Muscidae) were obtained, of which 20% of the total yielded the parasitoid Brachymeria podagrica (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae).

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