Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Miltogramma on Dasypoda?
Posted by ebbek on 10-08-2022 15:00
#1
Today i watched a Miltogramma that was very interested in a nest with i digging solitary bee (Dasypoda hirtipes). I think it is Miltogramma oestraceum and is iot possible to confirm?
From SW Sweden today.
Regards
Krister
Edited by ebbek on 10-08-2022 15:03
Posted by ebbek on 10-08-2022 15:09
#2
Another view
Edited by ebbek on 10-08-2022 15:12
Posted by Sundew on 10-08-2022 15:29
#3
M. oestraceum seems to be the only brood parasite of
Dasypoda hirtipes (
https://www.wildb...i-p842.htm); it puts its eggs to the pollen supply of the larva. Since such interactions are highly specific, your guess should be correct!
Regards, Sundew
Posted by ebbek on 10-08-2022 15:45
#4
Great - many thanks!
Krister
Posted by Zeegers on 11-08-2022 08:02
#5
Well, there is a difference between “only”. and “only recorded”. Moreover, females of oestraceum cannot be separated from germari, officially. This one looks like germari to me.
Theo
Posted by Sundew on 11-08-2022 14:27
#6
I thought Daniel Whitmore should be able to solve the problem. Here is his answer:
"Many Miltogramminae aren't species-specific, so Theo is right.
M. germari is a known parasite of D. hirtipes." He refers to two interesting papers by Welch & Owens (2017, 2019) found in
https://ia601707....12unse.pdf and
https://dipterist...No%202.pdf.
So three
Miltogramma species are known to be cleptoparasites of
Dasypoda hirtipes, and we can only exclude
M. punctata. 1:0 for Theo :D!
Posted by ebbek on 04-08-2023 18:29
#7
Thanks Theo and Sundew - very interesting info! I have missed your replies and saw them at first today.
Regards
Krister