New Host Record for Camponotophilus delvarei (Hymenoptera : Eurytomidae), a Parasitoid of Microdontine Larvae (Diptera: Syrphidae), Associated with the Ant Camponotus sp. aff. textor
Joint Authors
Gates, Michael W.
Pérez-Lachaud, Gabriela
Lachaud, Jean Paul
Source
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-6, 6 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-05-20
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Microdontine syrphid flies are obligate social parasites of ants.
Larvae prey on ant brood whereas adults live outside the nests.
Knowledge of their interaction with their host is often scarce, as it is information about their natural enemies.
Here we report the first case of parasitism of a species of microdontine fly by a myrmecophilous eurytomid wasp.
This is also the first host record for Camponotophilus delvarei Gates, a recently described parasitic wasp discovered in Chiapas, Mexico, within the nests of the weaver ant, Camponotus sp.
aff.
textor Forel.
Eleven pupal cases of a microdontine fly were found within a single nest of this ant, five of them being parasitized.
Five adult C.
delvarei females were reared from a puparium and 29 female and 2 male pupae were obtained from another one.
The eurytomid is a gregarious, primary ectoparasitoid of larvae and pupae of Microdontinae, its immature stages developing within the protective puparium of the fly.
The species is synovigenic.
Adult females likely locate and parasitize their hosts within the ant nest.
As some species of Microdontinae are considered endangered, their parasitoids are likewise threatened and in need of accurate and urgent surveys in the future.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Pérez-Lachaud, Gabriela& Gates, Michael W.& Lachaud, Jean Paul. 2013. New Host Record for Camponotophilus delvarei (Hymenoptera : Eurytomidae), a Parasitoid of Microdontine Larvae (Diptera: Syrphidae), Associated with the Ant Camponotus sp. aff. textor. Psyche،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-6.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Pérez-Lachaud, Gabriela…[et al.]. New Host Record for Camponotophilus delvarei (Hymenoptera : Eurytomidae), a Parasitoid of Microdontine Larvae (Diptera: Syrphidae), Associated with the Ant Camponotus sp. aff. textor. Psyche No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-455702
American Medical Association (AMA)
Pérez-Lachaud, Gabriela& Gates, Michael W.& Lachaud, Jean Paul. New Host Record for Camponotophilus delvarei (Hymenoptera : Eurytomidae), a Parasitoid of Microdontine Larvae (Diptera: Syrphidae), Associated with the Ant Camponotus sp. aff. textor. Psyche. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-455702
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-455702