[Occurrence of Cephalonomia stephanoderis Betrem (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae) in coffee plantations of the Brazilian Amazonia].
Adults of Cephalonomia stephanoderis Betrem were detected (in November 2003) during the sampling of Coffea canephora Pierre ex A. Froehner berries damaged by Hypothenemus hampei Ferrari (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) in Ouro Preto D'Oeste - Rondônia, Brazil (10 degrees 45'S and 62 degrees 15'W). From January to July 2004, the parasitoid was monthly sampled in 200 berries damaged by H. hampei. Probably, C. stephanoderis can already exert some parasitism pressure at the coffee berry borer population. The occurrence of this parasitoid in natural conditions points out to another alternative for the biological control of the H. hampei in Rondônia. This is the first record of C. stephanoderis in coffee plantations of the Brazilian Amazonia.
de Souza
Moisés S
MS
Pós-graduação em Biologia Experimental, Univ. Federal de Rondônia/ Embrapa Rondônia, Porto Velho, RO. bio_moises@yahoo.com.br
Teixeira
César A D
CA
Azevedo
Celso O
CO
Costa
Valmir A
VA
Costa
José N M
JN
D000383:Agriculture; D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D040503:Coffea / Q000469:parasitology*; D006927:Hymenoptera