Posted by Sundew on 11-08-2022 14:27
#7
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!