Unlucky spider flies (Diptera: Acroceridae) trapped in a tomb of mud: An Australian predatory wasp (Sphecidae) provisions its nest with parasitised spiders (Salticidae)
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Yuan, David; Li, Xuankun; Yeates, David K.; Rodriguez, Juanita
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Acroceridae, known as spider fl ies, are exclusive endoparasitoids of spiders. This study reports the fi rst host association for Ogcodes pygmaeus White, 1914 (Diptera: Acroceridae) after discovering dead acrocerids and their host spiders inside Sceliphron formosum Smith, 1856 (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) nests in ACT, Australia. From a total of 650 sampled wasp nests, 14 were discovered with multiple spiders parasitised by species of Ogcodes Latreille, 1796. Two species of jumping spiders in...[Show more]
Collections | ANU Research Publications |
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Date published: | 2019 |
Type: | Journal article |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/216740 |
Source: | Pan-Pacific Entomologist |
DOI: | 10.3956/2019-95.3.109 |
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