Hymenopteran Parasitoids Associated with Scale Insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) in Tropical Fruit Trees in the Eastern Amazon, Brazil
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2018-06-01
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Ramos, Albéryca Stephany De Jesus Costa
De Lemos, Raimunda Nonata Santos
Costa, Valmir Antonio
Peronti, Ana Lucia Benfatti Gonzalez [UNESP]
Silva, Ester Azedo Da
Mondego, Janaína Marques
Moreira, Aldenise Alves
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Fifteen species of parasitoids emerged from 6 species of scale insects, all are recorded for the first time in Maranhão 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).
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Aphelinidae, biological control, Encyrtdae, natural enemies, tritrophic interactons
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Florida Entomologist, v. 101, n. 2, p. 273-278, 2018.