title: New records of pentatomids as hosts of Hexacladia smithii ashmead (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) in southern Brazil.
abstract: Adults of the tomato stink bug, Arvelius albopunctatus (De Geer), from pasture lands at Londrina, Paraná state (latitude 23º 18' S; longitude 51º 09' W) and of Dichelops furcatus (F.) (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) from field crops at Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul state (latitude 28º 38' S; longitude) southern Brazil were parasitized by Hexacladia smithii Ashmead , which are set as new host records for this parasitoid.
authors.affiliation: Lab de Bioecologia de Percevejos, Embrapa Soja, Londrina, PR, Brasil, 86001-970. panizzi@cnpso.embrapa.br
authors.forename: Antônio R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Panizzi
authors.forename: Jovenil J da
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Silva
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D020062:Heteroptera / Q000469:parasitology*; D006927:Hymenoptera / Q000502:physiology*