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A dipterous parasite of mycetophilids

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

W. R. Thompson
Affiliation:
Imperial institute of Entomology, Farnham House Laboratory

Extract

References to dipterous parasites of Diptera are rare in the literature. Bombyliids of the genera Villa and Thyridanthrax have been reared from the puparia of Glossina; Hemipenthes morio L., from the tachinid Parasetigena segregata Rond., and the sarcophagid Sarcophaga affinis Fall.; Argyramoeba varia F. from the tachinid Sturmia inconspicua Mg. The phorid Hypocera incrassata Mg. was found by H. M. Morris in dead and unhealthy larvae of Bibio marci L. Only one larva of Hypocera was obtained from each specimen of Bibio, and the account given by Morris suggests that this species is a true parasite. The evidence is, however, not absolutely conclusive and further study of this interesting species is desirable. The same thing must be said of E. E. Edwards' record of Aphiochaeta brevicostalis Wood, as a parasite of Tipula sp.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1938

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