Cholomyia inaequipes como parasitoide de dos curculiónidos asociados con las bellotas de encinos en el estado de México, México

Abstract

Spermatophagous insects such as Curculio L., and Conotrachelus Dejean (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) are responsible for the phenomenon known as predation-predispersal that affects oak (Quercus L.: Fagaceae) acorns. We report Cholomyia inaequipes as a solitary koinobiont endoparasitoid associated with the larvae of Curculio sp., and Conotrachelus carinifer in the State of Mexico, Mexico. This finding contributes to knowledge of a new trophic host-parasitoid interaction, as well as updates the distribution area of Ch. inaequipes toward Central Mexico.