The first blow fly parasitoid takes a head start in its termite host (Diptera: Calliphoridae, Bengaliinae; Isoptera: Macrotermitidae)

Autor:	Thomas Pape, Tsang Wing Sze, Desmond K. Toole
Rok vydání:	2008
Předmět:	Larva biology Host (biology) media_common.quotation_subject fungi Blow fly Parasitism Plant Science Insect biology.organism_classification Parasitoid Head start Botany Calliphoridae Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics media_common
Zdroj:	Systematics and Biodiversity. 6:25-30
ISSN:	1478-0933 1477-2000
DOI:	10.1017/s1477200007002605
Popis:	The Oriental bengaliine blow fly Verticia fasciventris Malloch, 1927 is reported as an internal parasitoid of the termite Macrotermes barneyi Light and thereby represents the first record of an insect parasitoid in the Calliphoridae. The larva develops in the head of termite soldiers, finally filling the head capsule entirely. The mature larva leaves the head through the neck foramen, traversing the entire body of its host to exit between the abdominal cerci.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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