title: First Record of the Larval Endoparasitoid Tachinaephagus zealandicus (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) From Fly Hosts Developing on Burnt Remains and in Pennsylvania.
abstract: Adults of the gregarious larval endoparasitoid Tachinaephagus zealandicus Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) were collected from two species of carrion-inhabiting flies, Phormia regina Meigen (Diptera: Calliphoridae) and Hydrotaea aenescens Wiedemann (Muscidae), associated with the burnt remains of a domesticated pig, Sus scrofa L. (Artiodactyla: Suidae), during late summer in south central Pennsylvania. This represents the first reported occurrence of the wasp in the state and only the second in the mid-Atlantic region. Collection from P. regina is a new host record for T. zealandicus and also the first for this parasitoid being attracted to flies on burnt remains.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Loyola University Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21210 (drivers@loyola.edu).
authors.forename: David B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Rivers
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004175:Diptera / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000502:physiology*; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions; D007814:Larva / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000502:physiology*; D009117:Muscidae / Q000469:parasitology / Q000502:physiology; D010414:Pennsylvania; D034421:Sus scrofa / Q000469:parasitology*; D014863:Wasps / Q000502:physiology*
keywords: Calliphoridae; Forensic Entomology; Muscidae; carrion community; host–parasite interaction