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Issue: Vol. 3038 No. 1: 22 Sep. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-09-22
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3038.1.6
Page range: 61–67
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Host records of Physocephala wulpi Camras, with a description of the puparium (Diptera: Conopidae)

Jens-Hermann Stuke, Roter Weg 22, 26789 Leer, Germany
Alberto H. Abrahamovich, Mariano Lucia, Laboratorio de Apidología, División Entomología, Museo de La Plata, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque, s/n 1900 La Plata, Argentina
Alberto H. Abrahamovich, Mariano Lucia, Laboratorio de Apidología, División Entomología, Museo de La Plata, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque, s/n 1900 La Plata, Argentina
Diptera Conopidae Physocephala puparium cephalopharyngeal skeleton Hymenoptera Apidae Xylocopa Neotropics Argentina

Abstract

Physocephala wulpi Camras was reared from Xylocopa artifex Smith, Xylocopa augusti Lepeletier, and Xylocapa splendidula Lepeletier. The puparium is described. An overview of conopid host records from the Neotropic Region, and records from Conopidae that develop in Xylocopa, is provided.

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