First record on the biology of Sarcophaga (Bulbostyla) (Diptera, Sarcophagidae)

By

Brousseau, Pierre-Marc
Giroux, Marjolaine
Handa, I. Tanya

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

909

Pages

59--66

Subjects

feeding behaviour , Flies , host , Millipedes , Nearctic region , Spirobolidae

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.909.46488

 

Abstract

A first breeding record for Sarcophaga (Bulbostyla) cadyi Giroux & Wheeler on the American giant millipede Narceus americanus (de Beauvois) (Spirobolida, Spirobolidae) is reported. Digital photographs of the terminalia of S. (B.) cadyi and of Sarcophaga (Bulbostyla) yorkii Parker are also provided.