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JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY
Volume 59, Issue 5, Pages 1556-1561Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjac080
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Brachymeria podagrica; Hymenoptera; Chalcididae; Bisha City; Saudi Arabia
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- Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia [PNURSP 2022R82]
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This study reports the first discovery of Chalcid Brachymeria podagrica in Saudi Arabia, which parasitizes larvae and pupae of Sarcophaga dux.
Chalcid Brachymeria podagrica (Fabricius), formerly known as Brachymeria fonscolombei (Dufour), is a parasitoid wasp that infests dipteran larvae of fly, Sarcophaga dux (Thomson), (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) recovered from the dead body of sheep in Bisha City, Asir region-Saudi Arabia. S. dux larvae were infested by B. podagrica. The first instar larvae and pupae of B. podagrica were found inside the larvae and pupae of S. dux. The adults of the parasitic wasp emerged from the pupae of the host. Adults and larvae of the parasitoid wasp were observed under a dissecting microscope. Identification was made by following the identification keys. It was confirmed that it was B. podagrica, which is herewith reported for the first time in Saudi Arabia.
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