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| Santos,Alex M.; Serrano,José C.; Couto,Ricardo M.; Rocha,Leonardo S.G.; Mello-Patiu,Cátia A.; Garófalo,Carlos A.. |
| Parasites of adult bees are almost exclusively flies and the most important of them are conopids. This note registers for the first time the association of species of Physocephala (Diptera: Conopidae) with Centris (Heterocentris) analis (Fabricius). From 26 females and nine males of the host species found dead inside trap-nests on the campus of the University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil, 35 parasitoids were obtained belonging to nine species of Physocephala. The data show that C. analis is a host to several conopid flies, and suggest that such parasitoids can play an important role in population control of this bee species. |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Parasitism; Parasite-host association; Bee; Trap-nest. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-566X2008000500018 |
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