title: Description of the puparium ofHermetiapulchra(Diptera: Stratiomyidae) from Brazil.
abstract: The puparium of Hermetia pulchra is described, based on a single specimen reared in laboratory under controlled conditions until the emergence of an adult female. The puparium of H. pulchra was compared with puparium of H. illucens and some differential features were indicated. A checklist of the Brazilian species of the genus Hermetia is included, with new distributional records for H. pulchra in the Brazilian States of Bahia and Distrito Federal. Hermetia sphecodes is recorded for the first time for Brazil (State of Amazonas).
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brasil, 70910-900.. jrpujol@unb.br.
authors.forename: José Roberto
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Pujol-Luz
authors.forename: Fabio Siqueira Pitaluga DE
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Godoi
authors.forename: Karine Brenda
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Barros-Cordeiro
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D001938:Brazil; D004175:Diptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development; D017753:Ecosystem; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size
keywords: Diptera, Cerrado vegetation, Hermetiinae, Neotropical region, Organic waste composting, Soldier flies, taxonomy