New host association: Polybia scutellaris (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) parasitized by Melaloncha (Diptera, Phoridae)

被引:6
作者
Ayelen Lutz, M. [1 ]
Brown, Brian V. [2 ]
机构
[1] Consejo Nacl Invest Cient & Tecn, Div Vertebrados Museo La Plata, RA-1900 La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
[2] Nat Hist Museum Los Angeles Cty, Entomol Sect, Los Angeles, CA 90007 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
Insecta; Neotropical region; parasitoid flies; social insects; wasp; KILLING FLIES DIPTERA; UNGULATA-GROUP; REVISION; UDAMOCHIRAS;
D O I
10.1590/S0085-56262013005000016
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Q96 [昆虫学];
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摘要
New host association: Polybia scutellaris (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) parasitized by Melaloncha (Diptera, Phoridae). The genus Melaloncha Brues is a large assemblage of New World, parasitoid phorid flies. They are parasitoids of Apoidea bees. However, here we present the first record of a wasp parasitized by Melaloncha sp. The new host is Polybia scutellaris (White), a neotropical eusocial wasp. The parasitized wasp was found in an urban park near the city of La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina. It appears that the genus Melaloncha parasitizes a wider range of social Hymenoptera than currently known.
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