Triplasta coxalis (Ashmead) (Hymenoptera: Figitidae: Eucoilinae) as a parasitoid of Palaeosepsis spp. (Diptera: Sepsidae) in buffalo dung at Itumbiara, Goiás, Brazil

• Main Authors: Otacílio M. Silva Filho, Fábio D. Costa, Carlos H. Marchiori
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 2005-05-01
• Series: Biotemas
• Subjects: Diptera; Hymenoptera; buffalo dung; biocontrol; Brazil
• Online Access: http://www.biotemas.ufsc.br/volumes/pdf/volume181/p217a221.pdf

This study reports, for the first time, the occurrence of Triplasta coxalis (Ashmead) (Hymenoptera: Figitidae: Eucoilinae) as a parasitoid of Palaeosepsis spp. (Diptera: Sepsidae) found in buffalo dung at Itumbiara, Goiás, Brazil. Feces samples were collected in the field at two-week intervals and later were taken to the laboratory to extract pupae by the water flotation method. Each pupa was placed in a capsule of colorless gelatin until the emergence of flies or their parasitoids. The parasitism prevalence was 1.2%.