Encontro do parasitóide Tachinaephagus zealandicus ( Ashmead ) ( Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae ) em pupas de Chrysomya megacephala ( Fabricius ) ( Diptera: Calliphoridae ) em carcaça de rato / Occurrence of the parasitoid Tachinaephagus zealandicus ( Ashmead ) ( Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae ) in pupae of Chrysomya megacephala ( Fabricius ) ( Diptera: Calliphoridae ) in rat carcass

This study reports the occurrence of Tachinaephagus zealandicus (Ashmead) (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) parasitizing pupae of Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius) (Diptera: Calliphoridae) associated with a decomposing rat carcass in a secondary wood area in Campinas, SP. The parasitism rate was 91.8 percent.