Ophirion lenkoi, Gudin, 2023

Gudin, Filipe Macedo, 2023, Annotated Catalog of Vespid Hosts (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) of Tachinidae (Diptera), with Description of a New Species of Ophirion Townsend from Brazil, Zoological Studies 62 (6), pp. 1-25 : 3

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 .

Figures

Fig. 1. Record of Ophirion lenkoi sp. nov. in Polybia (Myrapetra) scutellaris (White). A, Label; B, D, F: Head in frontal view, lateral habitus and dorsal habitus of holotype male of O. lenkoi sp. nov. (MZSP), respectively; C, E: Lateral habitus and dorsal habitus of worker female of P. (M.) scutellaris, respectively. Scale bars = 2 mm.

Fig. 4. Record of Lixophaga punctata (Townsend) in Polybia (Myrapetra) scutellaris (White). A, C, E: Lateral habitus, dorsal habitus and head in frontal view of male (MZSP), respectively; B, D, F: Lateral habitus, dorsal habitus and head in frontal view of female (MZSP), respectively. Scale bars = 2 mm.