A new species of Megaselia (Diptera: Phoridae) attacking a wasp and a bee (Hymenoptera: Vespidae, Eumeninae and Megachilidae) in South Korea

Lee, Heung-Sik; Disney, R. H. L.; Polska Akademia Nauk. Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii

doi:10.3161/00159301FF2004.47.1.081

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Title: A new species of Megaselia (Diptera: Phoridae) attacking a wasp and a bee (Hymenoptera: Vespidae, Eumeninae and Megachilidae) in South Korea

Abstract:

Newly emerged females of Megaselia sextovittata sp. n. and M. chapmani Borgmeier are reported imbibing haemolymph from the pupae of Chalicodoma sculpturalis (Megachilidae) and Anterhynchium flavomarginatum (Vespidae, Eumeninae). Pupae thus attacked subsequently died.The larvae are reported to be parasitoids of the larvae of these two species of Hymenoptera, butpossibly only develop in hosts that are already debilitated or moribund. No newly emerged flies were observed ovipositing into or onto living host pupae. The feeding on the haemolymph of potential host pupae, by causing the death of those thus attacked, is likely to prevent the normal defensive response that would inhibit the development of the fly larvae in still living pupae. This may have been one route by which the evolution of the parasitoid habit in Phoridae evolved.

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Fragmenta Faunistica

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oai:rcin.org.pl:54543 ; 10.3161/00159301FF2004.47.1.081

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MiIZ PAN, call no. P.256, T. 47 nr 1 ; MiIZ PAN, call no. P.4664, T. 47 nr 1 ; click here to follow the link

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Programme Innovative Economy, 2010-2014, Priority Axis 2. R&D infrastructure ; European Union. European Regional Development Fund

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Megaselia sextovittata Megaselia chapmani predators wasps Vespidae bees Apidae Chalicodoma sculpturalis Anterhynchium flavomarginatum South Korea new taxa Megaselia insects Insecta pests phorid flies phorids Diptera Phoridae flies Brachycera brachyceran flies

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Fragmenta Faunistica
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A new species of Megaselia (Diptera: Phoridae) attacking a wasp and a bee (Hymenoptera: Vespidae, Eumeninae and Megachilidae) in South Korea / Heung-Sik Lee ; R. Henry L. Disney	Nov 6, 2023