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- Title
THE BITING MIDGE, FORCIPOMYIA (MICROHELEA) ERIOPHORA (WILLISTON) (DIPTERA: CERATOPOGONIDAE), AN ECTOPARASITE OF LARVAL PHOEBIS SENNAE (PIERIDAE) IN SOUTH FLORIDA.
- Authors
KOPTUR, SUZANNE; PENA, JORGE E.; GROGAN JR., WILLIAM L.
- Abstract
Cloudless sulphur larvae (Phoebis sennae, Pieridae) were observed in an experimental plantation and also in a natural setting being fed on by the ectoparasitic biting midge, Forcipomyia (Microhelea) eriophora (Williston) (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Larvae parasitized by midges died at higher rates in captivity, in contrast to normal levels of mortality in rearings of this species, providing circumstantial evidence for the potential role of these flies in disease transmission.
- Subjects
FLORIDA; CERATOPOGONIDAE; DIPTERAN larvae; ECTOPARASITES; PHOEBIS
- Publication
Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 2013, Vol 67, Issue 2, p128
- ISSN
0024-0966
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.18473/lepi.v67i2.a3