K. B. Silva, Chryslane Barbosa da Silva, H. F. Goulart, R. Tinôco, Jose Malta de Souza, G. Chia, Carlos Henrique Garcia, R. Toma, E. C. Guzzo
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ABSTRACT Automeris liberia (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) caterpillars are important defoliators of the African oil palm, Elaeis guineensis (Arecaceae) in Central and South America. The family Tachinidae (Diptera) comprises flies that are parasitoids of many insect pests, mainly from the order Lepidoptera. However, host records for tachinids are still relatively scarce. In the present work, we report the occurrence of Belvosia sp. aff. williamsi (Diptera: Tachinidae: Exoristinae: Goniini) and Leptostylum oligothrix (Diptera: Tachinidae: Exoristinae: Blondeliini) parasitizing caterpillars of A. liberia in E. guineensis in the municipality of Tailândia, state of Pará, Brazil. This is the first record of the parasitism of A. liberia by Leptostylum in Brazil, as well as by Belvosia in the world.
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Acta Amzonica is a multidisciplinary, peer-reviewed, open access, free-of-charge scientific journal for research in and about the Amazon region, published since 1971 by the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia - INPA, in Brazil.
The journal publishes quarterly issues containing articles and short communications in English across a broad range of disciplines, including Agronomy and Forestry, Animal Sciences and Fisheries, Biodiversity and Conservation, Biotechnology, Chemistry and Pharmacology, Environmental Sciences, Food Sciences, Geosciences, Health Sciences, Human and Social Sciences, and Materials Technology.