Parasitoidism of Chalcidid wasps (Hymenoptera, Chalcididae) on Philornis sp. (Diptera, Muscidae).
Philornis Meinert larvae are known as parasites of birds, with coprophagous, semi-hematophagous or hematophagous habits. Biological data of the larvae of the fifty described species are still scarcely known. Here we describe some aspects of the parasitism of a species of Philornis on Thalurania glaucopis Gmelin (Trochilidae) and record two species of Chalcididae (Hymenoptera) parasitoids, Conura annulifera (Walker, 1864) and Brachymeria podagrica (Fabricius, 1787), reared from Philornis puparia.
Couri
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Departamento de Entomologia, Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 20940-040, Brazil. mcouri@attglobal.net
Tavares
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Stenzel
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D000818:Animals; D007814:Larva / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology; D009117:Muscidae / Q000469:parasitology*; D011679:Pupa / Q000469:parasitology; D014863:Wasps / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology*