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      Lespesia melloi sp. nov. (Diptera: Tachinidae) from Brazil, a Parasitoid of Xanthopastis timais (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

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          A new species of the New World genus Lespesia, Lespesia melloi sp. nov. (Diptera: Tachinidae), is described from southeastern Brazil. The species is reported here as a parasitoid of Xanthopastis timais (Cramer, 1782) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). The caterpillars of this noctuid feed on leaves and bulbs of amaryllis (Amaryllidaceae) in Brazil.

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          TACHINIDAE: evolution, behavior, and ecology.

          E O'Hara, D. Wood, John Stireman (2005)
          Tachinidae are one of the most diverse and ecologically important families in the order Diptera. As parasitoids, they are important natural enemies in most terrestrial ecological communities, particularly as natural enemies of larval Lepidoptera. Despite their diversity and ecological impact, relatively little is known about the evolution and ecology of tachinids, and what is known tends to be widely dispersed in specialized reports, journals, or texts. In this review we synthesize information on the evolutionary history, behavior, and ecology of tachinids and discuss promising directions for future research involving tachinids. We provide an overview of the phylogenetic history and geographic diversity of tachinids, examine the evolution of oviposition strategies and host associations, review known mechanisms of host location, and discuss recent studies dealing with the ecological interactions between tachinids and their hosts. In doing so, we highlight ways in which investigation of these parasitoids provides insight into such topics as biogeographic patterns of diversity, the evolution of ecological specialization, the tritrophic context of enemy-herbivore interactions, and the role of host location behavior in shaping host range.
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            Host-parasite and parasite-host catalogue of South American Tachinidae (Diptera) )

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              A Revised Key to the Nearctic Species of Lespesia (Diptera: Tachinidae)

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                Journal ID (nlm-ta): J Insect Sci
                Journal ID (iso-abbrev): J. Insect Sci
                Journal ID (publisher-id): insc
                Title: Journal of Insect Science
                Publisher: University of Wisconsin Library
                ISSN (Electronic): 1536-2442
                Publication date Collection: 2014
                Publication date (Electronic): 1 September 2014
                Volume: 14
                Electronic Location Identifier: 121
                Affiliations
                [1 ]Laboratório de Diptera, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Avenida Brasil 4365, Manguinhos, 21045-900, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
                [2 ]Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão, Travessa 14, n.101, 05508-090, São Paulo, SP, Brasil
                [3 ]Centro Universitário Geraldo di Biase, Rodovia Benjamin Ielpo, Km11, 27101-090, Barra do Piraí, RJ, Brasil
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                Editor: Andrew Deans was editor of this paper.

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                DOI: 10.1673/031.014.121
                PMC ID: 4222299
                PubMed ID: 25368065
                SO-VID: 11898825-58f6-4a7b-8081-e1b2ba2fac3d
                Copyright © © 2014
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                This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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                Date received : 11 October 2012
                Date accepted : 31 January 2013
                Page count
                Pages: 9
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                ScienceOpen disciplines: Entomology
                Keywords: amaryllis,amaryllidaceae,taxonomy
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                ScienceOpen disciplines: Entomology
                Keywords: amaryllis, amaryllidaceae, taxonomy

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