Forcipomyia (microhelea) fuliginosa (meigen) (diptera: ceratopogonidae), an ectoparasite of larval Anaea troglodyta floridalis (Nymphalidae)

摘要

The Florida leafwing, Anaea troglodyta floridalis F. Johnson and Comstock (Nymphalidae), occurs locally within the pine rocklands of southern Florida and the lower Florida Keys (Minno & Emmel 1993; Smith et al 1994). Hennessey and Habeck (1991) and Worth et al (1996) described many aspects of A. t. floridalis natural history. Salvato & Hennessey (2003) also discussed A. t. floridalis ecology and provided a review of known parasites and predators for the species. Although several larval parasites have been mentioned for Anaea Huebner (DeVries 1987) and similar genera (Muyshondt 1974a, 1974b; Caldas 1996) throughout tropical America, little has been reported for A. t. floridalis larvae.