First record on the biology of Sarcophaga (Bulbostyla) (Diptera, Sarcophagidae)

Pierre-Marc Brousseau; Marjolaine Giroux; I Tanya Handa

doi:10.3897/zookeys.909.46488

First record on the biology of Sarcophaga (Bulbostyla) (Diptera, Sarcophagidae)

Zookeys. 2020 Feb 5:909:59-66. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.909.46488. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Pierre-Marc Brousseau¹, Marjolaine Giroux², I Tanya Handa¹

Affiliations

¹ Département des sciences biologiques, Université du Québec à Montréal, 141, avenue du Président-Kennedy, Montréal, QC, H2X 1Y4, Canada Université du Québec à Montréal Montréal Canada.
² Montréal Insectarium / Space for life, 4581, rue Sherbrooke Est, Montréal, QC, H1X 2B2, Canada Montréal Insectarium / Space for life Montréal Canada.

Abstract

A first breeding record for Sarcophaga (Bulbostyla) cadyi Giroux & Wheeler on the American giant millipede Narceus americanus (de Beauvois) (Spirobolida, Spirobolidae) is reported. Digital photographs of the terminalia of S. (B.) cadyi and of Sarcophaga (Bulbostyla) yorkii Parker are also provided.

Keywords: Spirobolidae; Nearctic Region; feeding behaviour; flies; host; millipedes.

Pierre-Marc Brousseau, Marjolaine Giroux, I. Tanya Handa.