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Muscidifurax raptor Girault & Sanders, 1910 AND Pachycrepoideus vindemiae Rondani, 1875 (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) in pupaes of Sarcophagula occidua Fabricius, 1794 (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) in catlle dung in Brazil

The first occurrence of parasitoids Muscidifurax raptor and Pachycrepoideus vindemiae in puparios of Sarcophagula occidua in cow dung in Brazil is reported. The experiment was undertaken at "Chacara Vilela" located in the county of Itumbiara, GO, Brazil. Ten samples of bovine dung were collected every fifteen days. "Instituto Luterano de Ensino Superior de Itumbiara-GO". They were taken to the laboratory and the arthropods were extracted by water flotation five days after the collection. The pupae were then individually placed in transparent gelatin capsules until the emergence of the adult flies or their parasitoids. The percentage of parasitizing of 0.47%.

Muscidifurax raptor; Pachycrepoideus vindemiae; Sarcophagula occidua; Pachycrepoideus vindemiae; Sarcophagula occidua; first occurrence; parasitoid


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