The puparium of Cyphomyia wiedemanni Gerstaecker, 1857 (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) found in cassava (Manihot esculenta) roots

Cirolini, Matheus Moraes RibeiroGodoi, Fabio Siqueira Pitaluga deLuz, Cristiane Vieira de Assis PujolLuz, José Roberto Pujol

The puparium of Cyphomyia wiedemanniGerstaecker, 1857 is hereby described for the first time, based on 14 puparia from specimens collected buried in soil and feeding off the roots of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) plants in an area of industrial cassava plantation in Distrito Federal (15°35'30″S, 47°42'30″W), Brazil and, reared in controlled lab conditions until the emergence of adults. Unprecedented data on the occurrence of Cyphomyia wiedemanni in Distrito Federal (new record), and the relationship of the larvae with the cassava plants are discussed.

1. Soldier fly
2. Cerrado vegetation
3. Taxonomy
4. Immature forms
5. Clitellariinae