Encontro do parasitóide Tachinaephagus zealandicus (Ashmead) (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) em pupas de Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius) (Diptera: Calliphoridae) em carcaça de rato Occurrence of the parasitoid Tachinaephagus zealandicus (Ashmead) (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) in pupae of Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius) (Diptera: Calliphoridae) in rat carcass

• Main Authors: T.C. Moretti, O.B. Ribeiro
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais 2006-02-01
• Series: Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia
• Subjects: mosca; Tachinaephagus zealandicus; Chrysomya megacephala; carcaça de rato; Campinas; fly; rat carcass
• Online Access: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-09352006000100022

<abstract language="eng">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%.