First record of Forcipomyia (Microhelea) eriophora (Williston, 1896) ectoparasitic midges occurrence on Heraclides anchisiades capys (Hübner, 1809) butterfly caterpillar hosts in Brazil
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Caique Dantas Vasconcelos
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5887-4200
Caio Cezar Dias Corrêa
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4877-617X
Gabriel Santos Vieira
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1846-4121
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5887-4200
Caio Cezar Dias Corrêa
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4877-617X
Gabriel Santos Vieira
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1846-4121
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Abstract
In this work we report for the first time the occurrence of female adults of the biting midge Forcipomyia (Microhelea) eriophora feeding on butterfly Heraclides anchisiades capys caterpillars. We collected the caterpillars and Ceratopogonidae specimens on Citrus limon (L.) (Rutaceae) tree leaves from the campus of the Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana (UEFS), Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil. In Brazil, host records of Forcipomyia (Microhelea) eriophora on caterpillars remain scarce due to significant gaps in our understanding of ectoparasitic habits within Ceratopogonidae.
Keywords
Biting-midges; Brazil; Ectoparasitism.
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https://doi.org/10.18473/lepi.v66i4.a9
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4787.1.1
[2] Wirth WW. New species and records of biting midges ectoparasitic on Insects (Diptera, Heleidae), Annals of the Entomological Society of America 49(4): 356-364, 1956.
https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/49.4.356
[3] Tokunaga M, Murachi EK. Insects of Micronesia. Diptera: Ceratopogonidae, Insects of Micronesia, 12(3): 103–434, 1959.
[4] Wirth WW. The Neotropical Forcipomyia (Microhelea) species related to the caterpillar parasite F. fuliginosa (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 65(3): 564–577, 1972.
https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/65.3.564
[5] Borkent A, Spinelli GR. Neotropical Ceratopogonidae (Diptera: Insecta), Aquatic Biodiversity in Latin America (ABLA), Volume 4, Pensoft, Sofia-Moscow, Russia, 2007.
[6] Clastrier J, Wirth WW. Révision des Forcipomyia du sous-genre Microhelea de la Région Néotropicale, parasites de phasmes (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France, 31 (2): 97–150, 1995.
https://doi.org/10.1080/21686351.1995.12277880
[7] Wirth WW. A review of the “stick-ticks”, Neotropical biting midges of the Forcipomyia subgenus Microhelea parasitic on walking stick insects (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), Entomological News, 82: 229–245, 1971.
[8] Wirth WW. Notes and corrections on stick-ticks Neotropical parasitic midges of the Forcipomyia subgenus Microhelea (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), The Florida Entomologist, 74(1): 122–128, 1991.
https://doi.org/10.2307/3495248
[9] Scoble MJ. The Lepidoptera: Form, Function and Diversity, Oxford University Press, New York, United States of America, 1992.
[10] Carneiro E, Casagrande MM. Papilionidae in Catálogo Taxonômico da Fauna do Brasil, PNUD, 2023.
URL:http://fauna.jbrj.gov.br/fauna/faunadobrasil/150725
[11] Johnson K, Rozycki R, Matusik D. Rediscovery and species status of the Neotropical swallowtail butterfly Papilio illuminatus Niepelt (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae), Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 94(4): 516–525, 1986.
URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25009571
[12] Young AM, Blum MS, Fales HM, Bian Z. Natural history and ecological chemistry of the Neotropical butterfly Papilio anchisiades (Papilionidae), Journal of the Lepidopterist’s Society, 40(1): 36–53, 1986.
[13] Leite LAR, Casagrande MM, Mielke OHH. Morfologia, comportamento, parasitismo e mecanismos de defesa dos imaturos de Heraclides anchisiades capys (Hübner) (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae), Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, 54(2): 277–287, 2010.
https://doi.org/10.1590/S0085-56262010000200011
[14] Oliveira RC, Vieira GA, Coelho AOP. Levantamento da flora herbácea do Campus da Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brasil, Sitientibus Série Ciências Biológicas, 8(2): 230–234, 2008.
[15] Almeida LM, Ribeiro-Costa CS, Marinoni L. Manual de Coleta, Conservação, Montagem e Identificação de Insetos. Ribeirão Preto: Holos, 78, 1998.
[16] Upton MS, Mantle BL. Chapter 3: Preservation and Storage, pp. 40–57. In: Upton MS, Mantle BL (Eds.). Methods for Collecting, Preserving and Studying Insects and other terrestrial arthropods. Fifth Edition. Canberra, 2010.
[17] Brown-Jr KS. Borboletas da Serra do Japi: diversidade, hábitats, recursos alimentares e variação temporal, pp. 142-187. In: Morellato, PLC (Eds.). História Natural da Serra do Japi - Ecologia e preservação de uma área florestal no Sudeste do Brasil (L.P.C. Morellato, ed.). Campinas, Editora da Unicamp, 1992.
[18] Soria SJ, Felippe-Bauer ML, Oliveira SJ. Lista das espécies de Ceratopogonidae (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) do agro-ecossitema cacaueiro, depositadas na Coleção Entomológica do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, Entomología y Vectores, 9(3): 317–327, 2002.
https://doi.org/10.1590/S1676-06032008000200002
[19] Salvato MH, Salvato HL, Grogan WL. Forcipomyia (Microhelea) eriophora (Williston) (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) an ectoparasite of larval Anaea troglodyta floridalis (Nymphalidae), Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society, 66(4): 232–233, 2012.
https://doi.org/10.18473/lepi.v66i4.a9
[20] Baker CF. Remarkable habits of an important predaceous fly (Ceratopogon eriophorus Will.), United States Department of Agriculture Bureau of Entomology Bulletin, 67: 117–118, 1907.
[21] Abreu-Rodríguez E, Cardona-Colón J & Cabrera-Asencio I. (2011). Forcipomyia eriophora Williston (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) nuevo ectoparásito de Papilio demoleus L. (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) en Puerto Rico, The Journal of Agriculture of the University of
Puerto Rico, 95 (3–4): 233–235, 2011.
[22] Koptur S, Pena JE, Grogan Jr WL. The biting midge, Forcipomyia (microhelea) eriophora (Williston) (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), an ectoparasite of larval Phoebis sennae (Pieridae) in South Florida, The Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society, 67(2): 128–130, 2013.
https://doi.org/10.18473/lepi.v67i2.a3
[23] Wolcott GN. The insects of Puerto Rico, The Journal of Agriculture of the University of Puerto Rico, 32(1): 1–224, 1948.
https://doi.org/10.46429/jaupr.v32i1.13611
[24] Salvato MH, Salvato HL, Grogan WL. Forcipomyia (Microhelea) fuliginosa (Meigen) (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), an ectoparasite of larval Anaea troglodyta floridalis (Nymphalidae), The Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society, 62(4): 232–233, 2008.
https://doi.org/10.18473/lepi.v66i4.a9
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Caique Dantas Vasconcelos, Caio Cezar Dias Corrêa, & Gabriel Santos Vieira. (2024). First record of Forcipomyia (Microhelea) eriophora (Williston, 1896) ectoparasitic midges occurrence on Heraclides anchisiades capys (Hübner, 1809) butterfly caterpillar hosts in Brazil. Universitas Scientiarum, 29(3), 207–216. https://doi.org/10.11144/Javeriana.SC292.frof
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