Parasitism of neotropical tiger beetles (Coleoptera : Carabidae : Cicindelinae) by Anthrax (Diptera : Bombyliidae)

Authors
Arndt, E Costa, C
Citation
E. Arndt et C. Costa, Parasitism of neotropical tiger beetles (Coleoptera : Carabidae : Cicindelinae) by Anthrax (Diptera : Bombyliidae), STUD NEOTR, 36(1), 2001, pp. 63-66
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Animal Sciences
Journal title
STUDIES ON NEOTROPICAL FAUNA AND ENVIRONMENT
ISSN journal
01650521 → ACNP
Volume
36
Issue
1
Year of publication
2001
Pages
63 - 66
Database
ISI
SICI code
0165-0521(2001)36:1<63:PONTB(>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
Bee flies (Bombyliidae) were recorded as parasitoids of larval tiger beetle s at two rain forest localities (near Sao Paulo and Manaus) in Brazil. Anth rax gideon was reared from larvae of Oxycheila tristis. Up to 33 parasitoid larvae were found on a single tiger beetle host. Pupation of the bee fly t ook place in late August and the pupal stage lasted 14 days. The host digs horizontal burrows in contrast to the great majority of cicindelids, as doe s Pseudoxycheila tarsalis, the other known host of A. gideon. Two pupae of another undetermined Anthrax species were reared from larvae of Pentacomia ventralis in Central Amazonia. Pupation of this Anthrax sp. took place in O ctober, the period of lowest host abundance.