Descrição do último ínstar larval e do pupário de Ptecticus testaceus (Fabr.) (Diptera: Stratiomyidae)

Abstract

The larva and the puparium of Ptecticus testaceus are described based on 6 larvae and 45 puparia of imagoes emerged in laboratory. The larvae were reared in the pulp of the "abricó-de-macaco" fruit, Couroupita guianensis (Lecythidaceae). Some notes on the biology of the species are presented.