Sarcophaga (Mehria) lorosa

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Records of Sarcophaga (Mehria) lorosa in egg sacs of Metepeira galathea e

A total of 21 egg sacs of M. galatheae were collected and reared. Six specimens of S. (M.) lorosa emerged from two egg sacs ( Fig. 4 ): four flies (4 ò) emerged between 27–28 November 2022 from one egg sac collected on 16 November 2022, and two flies (1 ò and 1 ñ) emerged on 30 November 2022 from one egg sac collected on 16 November 2022. We verified that no flies emerged from the remaining 19 egg sacs and manually opened them to search for fly puparia. Nineteen hatched puparia were found in seven egg sacs ( Fig. 1D ): Two egg sacs with one puparium, three egg sacs with two puparia, one egg sac with five puparia, and one egg sac with six puparia. One egg sac had a puparium and a dead specimen of S. (M.) lorosa . Therefore, approximately 42% of the egg sacs had been attacked by S. (M.) lorosa .

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Fig. 4. Sarcophaga (Mehria) lorosa Hall specimens reared from egg sacs of Metepeira galatheae (Thorell). A, C, E, G, H: Lateral habitus, dorsal habitus, head in frontal view, terminalia in posterior view, and terminalia in lateral view of male, respectively; B, D, F: Lateral habitus, dorsal habitus, and head in frontal view of female, respectively.

Fig. 1. Record of Sarcophaga (Mehria) lorosa Hall (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) in Metepeira galatheae (Thorell) (Araneae: Araneidae). A–C, Female, male, and egg sac of M. galatheae, respectively; D, Puparium of S. (M.) lorosa.