Record of Ophirion lenkoi sp. nov. and Lixophaga punctata in Polybia (Myrapetra) scutellaris

On 23 December 1964, one male of O. lenkoi sp. nov. and thirteen specimens of L. punctata were reared from a nest of P. (M.) scutellaris in Itaquerê Farm, Nova Europa, São Paulo, Brazil (Figs. 1, 4). There is no further information on the parasitism record other than that on the label, but some hypotheses regarding the oviposition strategy of both species are discussed below. This is the first record of two species of different genera of Tachinidae in the same nest of Vespidae .