Published December 1, 2019
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An ectoparasite of caterpillars, Forcipomyia fuliginosa (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), recorded sucking haemolymph from an Aeshna juncea just before maiden flight (Odonata: Aeshnidae)
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- 1. Museum Wiesbaden, Naturhistorische Sammlungen, Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 2, 65185 Wiesbaden, Germany
- 2. Hauptstraße 111, 74595 Langenburg, Germany
- 3. Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Erbprinzenstr. 13, 76133 Karlsruhe, Germany
- 4. Institut für Biologie und Schulgartenentwicklung, PH Karlsruhe, Bismarckstr. 10, 76133 Karlsruhe, Germany
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Description
In June 2014, in a mire near Nadibani, Georgia, a female biting midge of Forcipomyia (Microhelea) fuliginosa was found parasitizing a female of Aeshna juncea just before its maiden flight. The midge was observed sucking at a soft area of the mesothorax. Forcipomyia fuliginosa is well known as an ectoparasite of caterpillars and sawfly larvae
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