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Aphaereta pallipes (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) and Dirhinus anthracia (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae) associated with Peckia (Euboettcheria) collusor (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) in Brazil

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Flies of the Sarcophagidae family are widely distributed in the world, occupying different habitats. Some species have a high degree of synanthropy and are therefore often found in households in the urban environment. In Brazil, there is still little information related to the natural enemies of these insects in the urban environment, where population control is strictly chemical. Therefore, larvae and pupae of Peckia (Euboettcheria) collusor (Curran and Walley) (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) species were exposed in an urbanized location, and the presence and prevalence of parasitoids in the natural control of these immature stages was evaluated. We report for the first time the species Aphaereta pallipes (Say) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) and Dirhinus anthracia Walker (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae), associated with P. (E.) collusor, highlighting the importance of these parasitoids in natural control in the urban environment, in addition to expanding the list of hosts for both parasitoid species and the distribution of this parasitoid-host interaction for Brazil and the Neotropical region.

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We thank PhD Angelica Maria Penteado Martins Dias, and PhD Marcelo Teixeira Tavares for their assistance in identifying the species, and to the administration of the Faculdade de Odontologia, UERJ for granting us access to study.

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This study was financed in part by the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - Brasil (CAPES) - Finance Code 001 (Salazar-Souza, M. - PNPD/CAPES process no. 88882.457002/2019-01).

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Mônica Salazar Souza created the trap used, collected individuals in the field, created and analyzed the data, and prepared figures and tables. Mônica Salazar Souza wrote the first version of the manuscript and Marcelo Salabert Gonzalez, Valéria Magalhães Aguiar, and Denise Feder commented on later versions of the manuscript. Mônica Salazar Souza, Marcelo Salabert Gonzalez, Valéria Magalhães Aguiar, and Denise Feder read and approved the final manuscript. José Mário d’Almeida contributed to the initial design of the manuscript but passed away early in the writing process.

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Salazar-Souza, M., d’Almeida, J.M., Gonzalez, M.S. et al. Aphaereta pallipes (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) and Dirhinus anthracia (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae) associated with Peckia (Euboettcheria) collusor (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) in Brazil. Parasitol Res 122, 1983–1991 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-023-07896-2

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