First Scarab Host for Strongygaster Triangulifer (Diptera: Tachinidae): the Dung Beetle, Aphodius Fimetarius (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

Authors

Foster Forbes Purrington, The Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center
Daniel M. Pavuk, The Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center
Rupert P. Herd, Ohio State University
Benjamin R. Stinner, Ohio State University

Document Type

Peer-Review Article

Abstract

We report Strongygaster (=Hyalomyodes ) triangulifer as a solitary primary parasite of the adult introduced dung beetle, Aphodius fimetarius. This is the first record of this tachinid fly parastizing scarabs

Recommended Citation

Purrington, Foster Forbes; Pavuk, Daniel M.; Herd, Rupert P.; and Stinner, Benjamin R. 1990. "First Scarab Host for Strongygaster Triangulifer (Diptera: Tachinidae): the Dung Beetle, Aphodius Fimetarius (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)," The Great Lakes Entomologist, vol 23 (3)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22543/0090-0222.1709
Available at: https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle/vol23/iss3/9