PARASITOIDS OF Sarcophagula occidua FABRICIUS (DIPTERA: SARCOPHAGIDAE) COLLECTED IN CATTLE DUNG IN GOIÁS
Keywords:
Hymenoptera, Coleoptera, Diptera, fliesAbstract
Species of parasitoids of dung-breeding Sarcophagula occidua Fabricius (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) were collected at a range pasture (July to December of 1998) and stable (July to December of 1999) in Itumbiara (18º 25’S and 49º 13’W), Goiás. Ten samples of bovine dung were taken at random, each month, from pats approximately one week old, placed in plastic containers and taken to the laboratory. Arthropods were extracted by flotation in water. Pupae were individually placed in gelatin capsules until emergence of adult flies or their parasitoids. Paraganaspis egeria Diaz & Gallardo (Hymenoptera: Eucoilidae) was the predominatspecie that parasitized pupaes of Sarcophagula occidua.
KEY-WORDS: Hymenoptera; Coleoptera; Diptera; flies.
Downloads
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Authors will not be paid for published articles and must waive their copyright in favor of the PAT journal. On the other hand, they are solely responsible for the content of those articles, even if the Editor holds the right to adjust them to the norms of the journal. Authors are allowed to publish their articles simultaneously in their institutional repositories, as soon as the original publication at the PAT journal is mentioned.