Thread subject: Diptera.info :: kleptoparasitic Chloropidae

Posted by von Tschirnhaus on 24-06-2022 16:19
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Chloropidae: Tricimba humeralis (Loew, 1858) and in numbers Trachysiphonella ruficeps (Macquart, 1835). Nice photo! The flies (documented in the literature predominantly females) are kleptoparasites and feed on the pre-orally digested mirid and its haemolymph which they use as food and probably as a repellent for themselves or their eggs. Details in: Oelschlägel, B.; Nuss, M.; von Tschirnhaus, M.; Pätzold, C.; Neinhuis, C.; Dötterl, S.; Wanke, S. (2014): The betrayed thief - the extraordinary strategy of Aristolochia rotunda to deceive its pollinators. New Phytologist 206: 342-351 and in several articles of Heiduk, A. et al. between 2014 and 2021.