Parasites of Nezara viridula (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) and Other Hemiptera in Florida

World Review of the Parasitoids of the Southern Green Stink Bug, Nezara viridula (L.) (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae)

“…The scelionid, T. basalis, is both the most important and the most widely distributed species. It is frequently recorded from several other pentatomids but is clearly most closely associated with N. vii ridula (Cumber 1964, Thomas 1972, Jones 1979, Buschman & Whitcomb 1980, Ferreira 1980, Jones 1984, Orr et al 1984, Temerak & Whitcomb 1984. Trissoleus basalis is the dominant egg parasitoid of its primary host in the Americas, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East, and Pakistan, and has been established in Hawaii, Australia, New Zealand, and other Pacific islands as part of biological control programs (Lever 1941a, Wilson 1960, Davis 1964, 1967, Rao et al 1971.…”

Primeiro relato de ocorrência de Telenomus podisi (Ashmead) e Trissolcus urichi (Crawford) (Hymenoptera : Scelionidae) como Parasitóides de ovos do Percevejo-do-Colmo-do-Arroz, Tibraca limbativentris (Stål) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), em Santa Catarina

“…Parasitóides de ovos são reconhecidos como os principais agentes de mortalidade de percevejos da família Pentatomidae em inúmeras regiões (Hokyo et al 1966, Buschman & Whitcomb 1980, sendo aqueles pertencentes a Scelionidae os mais comumente encontrados atacando ovos de espécies de percevejos pertencentes a Pentatomidae (Orr 1988). Exemplo típico seria o dos percevejos da soja, os quais são atacados por mais de 23 espécies de microhimenópteros, com destaque para Trissolcus basalis (Woll.)…”

Kairomone involvement in the host specificity of the egg parasitoid Trissolcus basalis (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae)

“…4). However, the field association T. basalis -M. histrionica, reported from Florida (Buschman & Whitcomb, 1980), was not confirmed by our laboratory tests. In fact, T. basalis did not develop in eggs of M. histrionica, neither responded to volatile cues of adults, although it responded weakly to chemical trails left on the substrate and to contact chemicals of eggs (Fig.…”

“…ohio-state.edu/hymenoptera/; Salerno, 2000). In the USA, however, T. basalis is occasionally recorded from the American harlequin bug (Buschman & Whitcomb, 1980). Conversely, although T. basalis has never been recorded from Graphosoma semipunctatum (F.) (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) (N.F.…”