First Records of Scuttle Fly Puparia (diptera: Phoridae) on Cranaid Andean Harvestmen (opiliones: Cranaidae)

Few cases of insects as parasites of the Order Opiliones have been recorded so far, most of them involving Diptera. Only three cases have been recorded of phorids as parasitoids of the harvestmen family Gonyleptidae. Seven first-time events of Phoridae immatures on harvestmen (Cranaidae) are reported here. The cases describe puparia of Phoridae on adults of five Andean species from Colombia and Ecuador, belonging to Bucayana Mello-Leitao, 1942, Neocranaus Roewer, 1913, Phareicranaus Roewer, 1913 and Ventrivomer Roewer, 1913 (all cranaid genera). Two distribution patterns of the puparia on the harvestmens body were observed and described. Our data could suggest that the flies herein studied have specificity in their host choice.