Occurrence of Philornis bella Couri in nestlings of Tyrannus melancholicus Vieillot (Tyranninae) in the municipal district of Seropédica, Rio de Janeiro

Autor: Hermes Ribeiro Luz, Bruno Pereira Berto, Ildemar Fereira, Rafaela Dias Antonini, André Felippe Nunes-Freitas, Gonzalo Efrain Moya Borja
Jazyk: English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Portuguese
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: Biotemas, Vol 24, Iss 3, Pp 69-72 (2011)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0103-1643
Popis: Five nestlings of Tyrannus melancholicus Vieillot, 1819, between nine (n = 2) and twelve days (n = 3) old, were studied from July to September in 2006. A total of 43 larvae was collected, of which 33 (76%) became adults and were identified as Philornis bella Couri, 1984. The most infested areas of the nestlings were the wings (44%), head (39.5%) and coxae (16.5%). None of the nestlings died during the study. This is the first record of P. bella parasitizing nestlings of Tyrannus melancholicus.
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