Hymenopteran Parasitoids Associated with Scale Insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) in Tropical Fruit Trees in the Eastern Amazon, Brazil

Made available in DSpace on 2018-11-26T17:52:11Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2018-06-01 FAPEMA - Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa e ao Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico do Maranhao Instituto Nacional de Ciencia e Tecnologia dos Hymenoptera Parasitoides da Regiao Sudeste Brasileira Fifteen species of parasitoids emerged from 6 species of scale insects, all are recorded for the first time in Maranhao State, Brazil. A total of 20 coccoid/parasitoid associations were found, 5 of which are new host records for the parasitoid species: Coccus hesperidum (L.) (Hemiptera: Coccidae) with Arrhenophagus chionaspidis (Aurivillius) (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae); and Praelongorthezia praelonga (Douglas) (Hemiptera: Ortheziidae) with Aenasius sp. (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae), Encyrtus aurantii (Geoffroy) (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae), Aprostocetus sp. (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) and Signiphora sp. (Hymenoptera: Signiphoridae). Univ Estadual Maranhao, Programa Posgrad Agroecol, Cidade Univ Paulo 6, Sao Luis, Maranhao, Brazil Ctr Avancado Pesquisa Protecao Plantas & Saude An, Campinas, SP, Brazil Univ Estadual Paulista, Fac Ciencias Agr & Vet, Dept Fitossanidade, Jaboticabal, SP, Brazil Univ Estadual Sudoeste Bahia, Dept Fitotecnia & Zootecnia, Vitoria De Conquista, Bahia, Brazil Univ Estadual Paulista, Fac Ciencias Agr & Vet, Dept Fitossanidade, Jaboticabal, SP, Brazil FAPEMA - Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa e ao Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico do Maranhao: BIC-02536/12 Instituto Nacional de Ciencia e Tecnologia dos Hymenoptera Parasitoides da Regiao Sudeste Brasileira: CNPq 573802/2008-4