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OCCURRENCE OF TRYBLIOGRAPHA SP. (HYMENOPTERA: FIGITIDAE: EUCOILINAE) AS PARASITOID OF OXYSARCODEXIA THORNAX (WALKER, 1849) (DIPTERA: SARCOPHAGIDAE) IN BRAZIL

ABSTRACT

This study reports, for the first time, the occurrence of Trybliographa sp. (Hymenoptera: Figitidae: Eucoilinae) parasitoid of Oxysarcodexia thornax (Walker, 1849) (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) found in human feces in Itumbiara, GO, Brazil. Human feces samples, collected at two-weeks intervals, were taken to the laboratory and the pupae were extracted by water flotation. Each pupa was placed in capsules of colorless gelatin until the emergence of flies or their parasitoids. The percentage of parasitism was 10%.

KEY WORDS
Human feces; first occurrence; ptifall ; bait; Brazil

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