First Record Of Parasitism Of Cockroaches (Blattaria : Blattellidae) By Anisia Optata (Diptera : Tachinidae)

Two specimens ofAnisia optata were reared from wood cockroaches (Parcablatta species and possibly Ischnoptera deropeltiformis) collected near Raleigh, North Carolina, in 2001. This is the first host record for A. optata and the first record of cockroach parasitism in the genus Anisia Wulp (Tachinidae, Exoristinae, Blondeliini).