New records of pentatomids as hosts of Hexacladia smithii ashmead (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) in southern Brazil.
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.
Panizzi
Antônio R
AR
Lab de Bioecologia de Percevejos, Embrapa Soja, Londrina, PR, Brasil, 86001-970. panizzi@cnpso.embrapa.br
Silva
Jovenil J da
JJ
D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D020062:Heteroptera / Q000469:parasitology*; D006927:Hymenoptera / Q000502:physiology*