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Ocorrência de Anagrus sp. (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) parasitando ovos de Deois flavopicta (Stal) (Homoptera: Cercopidae) em pastagens do Brasil Central

1993; SciELO; Volume: 22; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.37486/0301-8059.v22i2.868

ISSN

1981-5328

Autores

C. S. S. Pires, Eliana Maria Gouveia Fontes, E. R. Sujii, Hermínia M. C. Fernandes, Dagoberto F. Gomes,

Tópico(s)

Insect-Plant Interactions and Control

Resumo

Ocurrence of Anagrus sp.(Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) Parasitizing Eggs of Deois fiavopicta (Stal) (Homoptera: Cercopidae) in Pastures of Central Brazil Egg parasitism of Deoisfiauopicta (Stal) byAnagrus sp.(Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) in Distrito Federal, Brazil is recorded for the first time.After four years of field collecting diapausing eggs of the pasture spittlebug, D. flavopicta we found 1,66% (n = 3728 eggs) egg parasitism by Anagrus sp. in pastures of Brachiaria decum bens around Brasília.Possibilities for the use of this parasitoid as biological control agent of D. fiauopicta is discussed.

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