Egg parasitoids of Edessa meditabunda (Fabricius) (Pentatomidae) in lettuce crop

This study evaluated the occurrence of parasitoids in eggs of the stink bug, Edessa meditabunda (Fabricius, 1794) (Heteroptera, Pentatomidae) found on lettuce crop in Mato Grosso State, Brazil. Samples were collected in the vegetable garden "Cheiro Verde", in the municipality of Tangara da...

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Published inRevista Brasileira de Entomologia Vol. 57; no. 2; pp. 236 - 237
Main Authors Favetti, Bruna M., Krinski, Diones, Butnariu, Alessandra R., Loiácono, Marta S.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Portuguese
Published Sociedade Brasileira de Entomologia 01.06.2013
Subjects
Biological control
Edessa
Eurytomidae
Hemiptera
Hymenoptera
Neorileya albipes
Pentatomidae
Platygastridae
Tangara
Telenomus podisi
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Summary:This study evaluated the occurrence of parasitoids in eggs of the stink bug, Edessa meditabunda (Fabricius, 1794) (Heteroptera, Pentatomidae) found on lettuce crop in Mato Grosso State, Brazil. Samples were collected in the vegetable garden "Cheiro Verde", in the municipality of Tangara da Serra, in curly lettuce. A bed of lettuce was selected randomly, where the eggs of E. meditabunda were collected. Five-hundred and seventy eight eggs of E. meditabunda were collected, 86.3% of them parasitized by Telenomus podisi Ashmead, 1893 (Hy-menoptera, Platygastridae), Thssolcus urichi Crawford, 1913 (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae) and Neorileya albipes Girault, 1913 (Hymenoptera, Eurytomidae), representing respectively 57.0%, 38.2% and 4.8% of the emerged individuals. This is the first record of these three species parasitizing eggs of E. meditabunda in lettuce.
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ISSN:0085-5626
1806-9665
DOI:10.1590/S0085-56262013005000014