First record of Forcipomyia (Microhelea) eriophora (Williston, 1896) ectoparasitic midges occurrence on Heraclides anchisiades capys (Hübner, 1809) butterfly caterpillar hosts in Brazil
| Autor: | Caique Dantas Vasconcelos, Caio Cezar Dias Corrêa, Gabriel Santos Vieira |
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| Jazyk: | English<br />Spanish; Castilian |
| Rok vydání: | 2024 |
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| Zdroj: | Universitas Scientiarum, Vol 29, Iss 3, Pp 207-216 (2024) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 0122-7483 2027-1352 |
| DOI: | 10.11144/Javeriana.SC292.frof |
| Popis: | In this work we report for the first time the occurrence of female adults of the biting midge Forcipomyia (Microhelea) eriophora feeding on butterfly Heraclides anchisiades capys caterpillars. We collected the caterpillars and Ceratopogonidae specimens on Citrus limon (L.) (Rutaceae) tree leaves from the campus of the Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana (UEFS), Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil. In Brazil, host records of Forcipomyia (Microhelea) eriophora on caterpillars remain scarce due to significant gaps in our understanding of ectoparasitic habits within Ceratopogonidae. |
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