First record of Megaselia scalaris (Loew) (Diptera: Phoridae) infesting laboratory stocks of mantids (Parastagmatoptera tessellata, Saussure)
We report the first record of Megaselia scalaris (Loew) infesting laboratory stocks of the praying mantis (Parastagmatoptera tessellata, Saussure).M.scalaris, the scuttle fly, is santo and johnny vinyl a cosmopolitan species with a broad niche as it performs as detritivore, facultative parasite, and parasitoid.M.scalaris larvae were found feeding i