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First report of Strongygaster triangulifera (Diptera: Tachinidae) as a parasitoid of a cantharid beetle, Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus (Coleoptera: Cantharidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 April 2012

W.K. Reeves  and
J.E. O'Hara
W.K. Reeves*
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, Soils, and Plant Sciences, 114 Long Hall, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634, United States of America
J.E. O'Hara
Affiliation:
Invertebrate Biodiversity, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0C6
*
1Corresponding author (e-mail: wreeves@clemson.edu).
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Strongygaster (= Hyalomyodes) triangulifera (Loew) (Diptera: Tachinidae) is a small parasitic fly that is widely distributed in North America. It is most frequently reported as a parasitoid of adult Coleoptera, but there are scattered reports of parasitism within the Dermaptera, Hemiptera, Orthoptera, and Lepidoptera (Arnaud 1978; Purrington et al. 1990). Within the Coleoptera, species in the families Alleculidae, Bruchidae, Chrysomelidae, Cleridae, Coccinellidae, Curculionidae, Lampyridae, Meloidae, Nitidulidae, and Scarabaeidae have been reported as hosts (Gerding and Figueroa 1989; Purrington et al. 1990; Nalepa et al. 1996). This is the first record of S. triangulifera, and the first record of a tachinid, parasitizing a species of Cantharidae.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 136 , Issue 5 , October 2004 , pp. 661 - 662
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 2004

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