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) were obtained, of which 20% of the total yielded the parasitoid Brachymeria podagrica (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae).
Marchiori
Carlos H
CH
Instituto Luterano de Ensino Superior de Itumbiara, Itumbiara, GO.
Pereira
Luiz A
LA
Silva Filho
Otacilio M
OM
Ribeiro
Lalyne C S
LC
Borges
Vanessa R
VR
D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D006801:Humans; D006927:Hymenoptera; D009117:Muscidae / Q000469:parasitology*; D011679:Pupa / Q000469:parasitology