First record of Paratelenomus saccharalis (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) on kudzu bug Megacopta cribraria (Heteroptera: Plataspidae) in Florida

Authors

  • Julio Medal Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry, Gainesville, Florida 32608, USA
  • Andrew Santa Cruz Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry, Gainesville, Florida 32608, USA
  • Kevin Williams Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry, Gainesville, Florida 32608, USA
  • Suzanne Fraser Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry, Gainesville, Florida 32608, USA
  • Danielle Wolaver Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry, Gainesville, Florida 32608, USA
  • Trevor Smith Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry, Gainesville, Florida 32608, USA
  • Bobbie Jo Davis Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry, Gainesville, Florida 32608, USA

Keywords:

biological control, adventive species, agricultural pest, bean plataspid

Abstract

The egg parasitoid Paratelonomus saccharalis (Dodd) (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) is reported for the first time on the eggs of the kudzu bug Megacopta cribraria (F.) (Heteroptera: Plataspidae) in Alachua County, Florida. This egg parasitoid was previously reported only in Georgia and Alabama.

 

Sumario

El parasitoide de huevos Paratelenomus saccharalis (Dodd) (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) es reportado por primera vez en huevos de la chinche del kudzu Megacopta cribraria (F.) (Heteroptera: Plataspidae) en el condado Alachua de la Florida. Este parasitoide de huevos había sido previamente reportado solamente en Georgia y Alabama.

 

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Author Biography

Julio Medal, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry, Gainesville, Florida 32608, USA

Methods Development and Biological Control

 

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Published

2015-09-30

Issue

Vol. 98, No. 4 (December 2015)

Section

Scientific Notes

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