Parasitoids of dipterans and hemipterans collected in to cultivate on maize in Brazil
Universidade Federal de Goiás, Biology, Instituto Federal Goiano, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil.
International Journal of Science and Technology Research Archive, 2021, 01(02), 053–056.
Article DOI: 10.53771/ijstra.2021.1.2.0041
Publication history:
Received on 18 August 2021; revised on 23 September 2021; accepted on 25 September 2021
Abstract:
This paper has the objective of relating the occurrence of parasitoids to cultivate on maize in Itumbiara, Goiás during the crop 2001. Four groups of parasitoids were collected: two Brasema sp. (Hyemnoptera: Eupelmidae), two of Conura sp. (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae), eleven Gryon gallardoi (Bréthes, 1913) (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) and nine of Pteromalidae sp. (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae). The most important obtained parasitoids were found in Leptoglossus zonatus (Dallas, 1852) (Hemiptera: Coreidae) with Brasema sp. and G. gallardoi, prevailing the parasitism of 26,8% and 4,8%, respectively. Hymenoptera is one of the largest orders of insects. The lesser known Hymenoptera are parasitoids that develop in immature stages of other arthropods. They are considered important in the biological control of insect pests.
Keywords:
Hymenoptera; Hemiptera; Diptera; Biological control
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