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Comunicação • Arq. Bras. Med. Vet. Zootec. 58 (1) • Feb 2006 • https://doi.org/10.1590/S0102-09352006000100022   copy

Occurrence of the parasitoid Tachinaephagus zealandicus (Ashmead) (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) in pupae of Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius) (Diptera: Calliphoridae) in rat carcass

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This study reports the occurrence of Tachinaephagus zealandicus (Ashmead) (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) parasitizing pupae of Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius) (Diptera: Calliphoridae) associated with a decomposing rat carcass in a secondary wood area in Campinas, SP. The parasitism rate was 91.8%.

fly; Tachinaephagus zealandicus; Chrysomya megacephala; rat carcass; Campinas

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