Open AccessAN UNIDENTIFIED CYCLORRHAPHOUS DIPTEROUS LARVA PARASITIC UPON AN ADULT ATHERIGONA (DIPTERA: MUSCIDAE) FROM AUSTRALIA *
Author(s) -
Smith Kenneth G. V.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
australian journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-6055
pISSN - 1326-6756
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1974.tb02167.x
Subject(s) - muscidae , biology , larva , zoology , parasitism , ecology , host (biology)
A larva recovered from the abdomen of an adult Atherigona Rondani (Muscidae) is described. The rarity of the parasitism of adult Diptera is reviewed and the possible affinities of this larva are discussed.