New records of Sarcophagidae and Phoridae (Insecta: Diptera) associated  with scorpions in Panama (Arachnida: Scorpiones)

Roberto A. Miranda; Roberto A. Cambra; Luis F. de Armas; Carlos Moran; Brian Brown; Thomas Pape

New records of Sarcophagidae and Phoridae (Insecta: Diptera) associated with scorpions in Panama (Arachnida: Scorpiones)

Autores

Roberto A. Miranda https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8681-6681
Roberto A. Cambra https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3799-4710
Luis F. de Armas https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9096-3382
Carlos Moran
Brian Brown https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6367-6057
Thomas Pape https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6609-0609

Resumo

Very little is known about insect parasitoids or scavengers of scorpions. In this study we found three cases of endoparasitoidism by Sarcophagidae (Diptera) in three species of Tityus Koch: Lepidodexia sp. on Tityus festae Borelli and larvae of unidentified flesh flies on Tityus jaimei Miranda, Bermúdez, Flórez, Armas and Tityus cerroazul Lourenço. We recorded a case of scavenging by Puliciphora fenestrata Borgmeier on T. jaimei.