Cyrtoneurina pararescita (Diptera: Muscidae) (Couri, 1995) como novo hospedeiro de Nasonia vitripennis (Walker) (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) / Cyrtoneurina pararescita (Diptera: Muscidae) (Couri, 1995) as new host of Nasonia vitripennis (Walker) (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae)

ABSTRACT

This study reports the occurrence of Nasonia vitripennis (Walker) (Hymenoptera Pteromalidae) as parasitoid of Cyrtoneurina pararescita (Diptera Muscidae) (Couri, 1995) in bovine feces obtained in Goiânia, Goiás state, Brazil. Bovine manure samples, collected at two weeks intervals, were taken to the laboratory and the pupae were extracted by water flotation. Each pupa was placed in capsules of gelatin until the emergence of dipterous or their parasitoids. The parasitism percentage was of 2.4%. This paper reports the first occurrence of N. vitripennis as parasitoid of C. pararescita worldwide.