Sturmia convergens

Sturmia convergens is a species of fly in the family Tachinidae.[2]

Sturmia convergens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Family:
Tachinidae
Subfamily:
Exoristinae
Tribe:
Goniini
Genus:
Sturmia
Species:
S. convergens
Binomial name
Sturmia convergens
(Wiedemann, 1824)[1]

It is a parasitoid of the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus). The wasp species Taeniogonalos raymenti can be reared as a hyperparasite of S. convergens.[3]

References
  1. Analecta entomologica ex Museo Reg. Havniensi maxime congesta. CRW Wiedemann, 1824
  2. Mitra, Bulganin; Sharma, R.M. "Checklist Of Indian Tachinid Flies (Insecta: Diptera: Tachinidae)" (PDF). Jabalpur. pp. 1–18. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-17.
  3. Taeniogonalos raymenti Carmean & Kimsey (Hymenoptera: Trigonalidae) reared as a hyperparasite of Sturmia convergens (Weidemann) (Diptera: Tachinidae), a primary parasite of Danaus plexippus (L.) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Clarke A.R and Zalucki M.P., 2001, Pan-Pacific Entomologist. 77 (?), pages 68–70


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