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New host association: Polybia scutellaris (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) parasitized by Melaloncha (Diptera, Phoridae)
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2013-06Registro en:
Lutz, María Ayelen; Brown, Brian V.; New host association: Polybia scutellaris (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) parasitized by Melaloncha (Diptera, Phoridae); Sociedade Brasileira de Entomologia; Revista Brasileira de Entomologia; 57; 2; 6-2013; 238-239
0085-5626
1806-9665
Autor
Lutz, María Ayelen
Brown, Brian V.
Resumen
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.