Records of interactions between acrocerid parasitoids (Diptera: Acroceridae) and their hosts are very scarce. Here we report a case of acrocerid fly (most likely Ogcodes sp.) parasitising zodariid spiders of the genus Pax from Israel. We describe the parasitoid development and possible host manipulation.
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6 March 2020
Pax islamita (Araneae: Zodariidae) as a new host of an acrocerid fly from Israel
Stano Pekár,
Yael Lubin
ant spider
host manipulation
host-parasitoid interaction
Ontogenetic development