IADIZA   20886
INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE INVESTIGACIONES DE LAS ZONAS ARIDAS
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
New information on Microdon bruchi Shannon, 1927 (Diptera, Syrphidae): taxonomy, DNA barcodes, morphology of third-instar and first record in ant nests inside plants of Vitis vinifera L. from Argentina
Autor/es:
MENNO REEMER; MENGUAL XIMO; DEBANDI GUILLERMO; LÓPEZ GARCÍA GUILLERMO P.
Lugar:
Lesvo
Reunión:
Simposio; 10th International Symposium on Syrphidae (ISS10).; 2019
Institución organizadora:
University of the Aegean
Resumen:
The hoverfly subfamily Microdontinae (Diptera, Syrphidae) comprises approximately 490 described species worldwide, the majority of which live in tropical regions. The biology of the group stands out among syrphids for the close associations which these species have with ants. The larvae are usually predators of immature stages of ants, although at least one species is known to be an ectoparasitoid. Scarce biological information is available for the majority of species and their life cycles have not yet been studied. In this study, we give new taxonomic information about the Neotropical Microdon (Chymophila) bruchi Shannon, 1927 and present the first record of this species in nests of Camponotus mus Roger, 1863 built inside Vitis vinifera L. plants from Mendoza, as well as the first records from Catamarca and Entre Ríos Provinces (Argentina). New COI sequences (DNA barcodes) and the description of third-instar larva are also provided.