Would Chrysomya albiceps (Diptera: Calliphoridae) be a beneficial species?

Chrysomya albiceps (Widemann) develops on animal carcasses and may cause secondary myiases. An adult female Merino sheep presented a lesion of roughly circular shape with a 7.5cm radius in the anterior part of the thorax. A large number of second-instar larvae was removed from the lesion in addition to first-instar larvae from the wool. A third-instar larva was also obtained from the same lesion site and in the laboratory gave origin to a Cochliomyia hominivorax (Coquerel) adult insect. The larvae retrieved from the lesion were nurtured in laboratory. Pairs consisting of 100 individuals were formed with the adult specimens obtained from the larvae and kept in two cages. In all of the 800 adults reared in the laboratory and examined (100 per generation) the propisternal seta was absent in the spiracle on both sides, this trait was highly stable. The 200 larvae examined, 15 per generation, did not present spines in the column of the ventral process of the penultimate abdominal segment and the column of the ventral process was triangular and the apex of the column process presented numerous spines. These characteristics allowed identifying these specimens as C. albiceps. However, since C. albiceps has the ability to damage intact tissues, it may be causing relevant aggravation when associated with C. hominivorax and can not be considered innocuous

Nasonia vitripennis (Walker) (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) parasitóide de dípteros muscóides coletado em Itumbiara, Goiás Nasonia vitripennis (Walker) (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) parasitoid of muscoids dipterous collected in Itumbiara, Goias, Brazil

<abstract language="eng">This work reports the occurrence of parasitoid Nasonia vitripennis (Walker) (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) parasitizing pupae of flies (Diptera) in different substrata in Itumbiara, Goiás. The pupae were obtained by the flotation method. They were individually placed in gelatin capsules until the emergence of flies or their parasitoids. From May 1998 through April 2002, 737 parasitoids were collected in human feces, cattle liver, chicken, fish and cattle kidney. The prevalence of parasitism was 67.8%

Miíase primária em coelho doméstico causada por Lucilia eximia (Diptera: Calliphoridae) no Brasil: relato de caso Primary myiasis in a domestic rabbit caused by Lucilia eximia (Diptera: Calliphoridae) in Brazil: case report

Relata-se a ocorrência de miíase primária em coelho doméstico Oryctolagus cuniculus (Lagomorpha: Leporidae) causada por Lucilia eximia (Diptera: Calliphoridae) em área urbana do município de Campinas, São Paulo.<br>The occurrence of primary myiasis in a domestic rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus (Lagomorpha: Leporidae) caused by Lucilia eximia (Diptera: Calliphoridae) is reported in an urban area in the city of Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

Calliphoridae (Diptera) da bacia do alto rio Urucu, Amazônia Central, Brasil Studies of Calliphoridae (Diptera), of the rio Urucu basin, Central Amazônia

<abstract language="eng">Calliphoridae of the region of the upper Urucu river basin, West of the city of Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil, were sludied considering composition and abundance of the species, capturing 14729 specimen distributcd as follows: Cochliomyia macellaria (Fabricius) (12643), Chloroprocta idioidea (Robineau-Desvoidy) (1667), Phaenicia eximia (Wiedemann) (354), Hemilucilia semidiaphana (Rondani) (54), H. segmentaria (Fabricius) (6), Chrysomya pularia (Wiedemann) (1) e C. albiceps (Wiedemann) (1). The rcsults showthat Cochliomyia macellaria has a facility to adapt rapidly to an environment changed by man. The fact that was registered two specimen of Chrysomya Robineau-Desvoidy in highly isolated localilies contributed to showthc ability of thesc flics in cxploring the availablc mechanisms to reach remote places, re-einphasizing the concept of high capacily of expansion ofthis species. The possibilities of colonization ofthis área by pioneer species of Chrysomya was discus-sed, considering the local environmental conditions. The importance of studies of endemic calliphorids (lies in áreas withoul prescnce of pioncers, in order to better understand the mechanisms of adaptation used by these species were striked