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Hilarella hilarella (Zetterstedt) (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) Parasitic Upon a Rhaphidophorid (Orthoptera: Gryllacrididae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Paul H. Arnaud
Affiliation:
Natural History Museum, Stanford University, California.

Extract

The larval stages of Hilarella hilarella (Zett.) have been previously reported as living on the stores in the nests of fossorial Hymenoptera. This fly is here reported as parasitizing an insect host without the intervention of any hymenopterous insect.

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Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1954

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References

1 The writer is indebted to Dr. Duncan for his kindness in donating this interesting dipterous material.

2 Determmed by Mr. James A. G. Rehn. Mr. Rehn wrote that the two camel crickets represented a new genus and species more nearly related to Gammarotettix than anything known at present.

3 Determined by Dr. H. J. Reinhard.