Parasitism of Brassolis sophorae laurentii Stichel (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae, Brassolinae) Pupae by Conura morleyi (Ashmead) (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae, Chalcidini), in the State of Alagoas, Brazil

Abstract

Neotropical Entomology 36(4): 629-631 (2007) Parasitismo de Pupas de Brassolis sophorae laurentii Stichel (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Brassolinae) por Conura morleyi (Ashmead) (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae: Chalcidini) em AlagoasRESumO -Este trabalho registra o parasitismo de pupas de Brassolis sophorae laurentii Stichel por Conura morleyi (Ashmead) em Alagoas. Essa espécie de parasitóide exibiu desenvolvimento de forma gregária, tendo sido observada a saída de 146 indivíduos por pupa através de um único orifício, e com proporção sexual de um macho para uma fêmea. PALAvRAS-CHAvE: Insecta, biogeografia, Cocos nucifera, parasitóide, SpilochalcisABSTRACT -This scientific note reports the association between the parasitoid Conura morleyi (Ashmead) and Brassolis sophorae laurentii Stichel pupae in the State of Alagoas, Brazil. This parasitoid exhibits gregarious development, with production up to 146 individuals per pupa throughout a single opening. The sex proportion of the parasitoids was one male for one female.

Life Cycle and Host Specificity of the Parasitoid Conura annulifera (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae), a Potential Biological Control Agent of Philornis downsi (Diptera: Muscidae) in the Galápagos Islands

“…The single Hymenopteran species was in the family Braconidae (Habrobracon hebetor (Say)). These species were chosen to test a broad phylogenetic range of nontarget species that include taxa that are known to be attacked by other Conura species (Arthur 1958, Hansen 1980, Lee and Heimpel 2005, Marcicano et al 2007, Miall et al 2014, Weis et al 2017. Specimens of S. bullata and C. vicina were purchased from commercial suppliers (Carolina Biological, NC, and NAS Best Bait Inc., OH, respectively), whereas pupae of the remaining candidate hosts came from cultures maintained at the University of Minnesota.…”

Trichospilus diatraeae (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae): development and reproduction in Lepidoptera palm oil pests

“…The natural biological control agents in palm tree crop in Brazil includes Chalcididae (Hymenoptera), Tachinidae and Sarcophagidae (Diptera) parasitizing Brassolis astyra Godart, B. sophorae, O. invirae and Opsiphanes sp. (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) larvae and pupae in the coconut (Cocus nucifera) (Marcicano et al, 2007(Marcicano et al, , 2009 and oil palm (E. guineensis) (Tinôco et al, 2012) culture. This shows the importance of manipulating natural enemies to increase the biological control (Dobbs and Potter, 2016;Pereira et al, 2015;Smith et al, 2015).…”

First record of Conura (Conura) maculata (Fabricius, 1787) (Hymenoptera, Chalcididae) parasitizing Opsiphanes invirae amplificatus Stichel, 1904 (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) in the province of Corrientes, Argentina

“…The Neotropical fauna is represented by 217 species (Delvare and Arias-Penna 2006) of which 63 have been reported in Argentina (Noyes 2017), where the genus Conura Spinola,1837 is the best represented, with 30 species (Noyes 2017). Conura are generally parasitoids of both larval and pupal stages of lepidopteran (Marchiori et al 2004, Marcicano et al 2007, Salgado-Neto and Lopes da Silva 2011, Tibcherani et al 2016), but also parasitize larvae of Diptera and other Hymenoptera (Stireman andSinger 2003, Couri et al 2006), Coleoptera (Montes and Costa 2011), and Neuroptera, or are hyperparasitoids of Icneumonidae and Tachinidae (Couri et al 2006, Sakazaki et al 2011. They are usually solitary parasitoids, but some smaller species are gregarious (Gates et al 2012).…”