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|Publication authors=Luciane Katarine Becchi, Carolina Jorge, Gabriella Ferreira de Camargo, Leonardo Rodrigues Barbosa, [[Marcus Alvarenga Soares]], [[José Eduardo Serrao|José Eduardo Serrão]], [[José Cola Zanuncio]] and [[Carlos Frederico Wilcken]]
|Author Page=Marcus Alvarenga Soares, José Eduardo Serrao, José Cola Zanuncio, Carlos Frederico Wilcken
|Publication date=2020
|dc:title= Oviposition behaviour of mated or unmated ''[[Cleruchoides noackae (parasitoid)|Cleruchoides noackae]]'' (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae)
|Publication journal=PLoS ONE
|prism:volume=15 (10 - e0239285)
|External link=http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0239285
|Publication abstract=''Cleruchoides noackae'' (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae), native to Australia, is the most promising biological control agent for ''Thaumastocoris peregrinus'' (Hemiptera: Thaumastocoridae), an exotic Eucalyptus spp. pest in Brazil. The aim of this study was to determine the courtship behaviour, mating and oviposition of unmated or mated ''C''. ''noackae'' females parasitizing ''T''. ''peregrinus'' eggs utilizing the same rearing system used in biological control programmes in Brazil. The mating behaviour of eleven ''C''. ''noackae'' unmated couples was observed and the time taken for males and females to find each other in polystyrene vials and the duration and number of copulations were recorded. Ten unmated or mated females were placed individually in vials with 10 ''T''. ''peregrinus'' eggs each, and oviposition behaviour, percentage of eggs inserted and parasitized, viability and sex ratio of emerged ''C''. ''noackae'' were recorded. This species lacked defined courtship behaviour and mated in less than an hour after adults' emergence. The time spent finding the first host, evaluating and inserting the ovipositor was similar for mated and unmated ''C''. ''noackae'' females, as well as the frequency of inserted and parasitized eggs and their viability. Mated females took less time to find other host eggs and the sex ratio is female-biased. Occurrence of arrhenotokous parthenogenesis was confirmed. The ability of ''C''. ''noackae'' to mate and lay eggs in less than one hour and parasitism of ''T''. ''peregrinus'' eggs by females can improve the parasitoid mass rearing and biological control of ''T''. ''peregrinus''.
|AbstractCC=Yes
|Research topic=biocontrol - natural enemies
|Benf research=general biology - morphology - evolution
|Is book=No
}}
{{Pest record
|Pest=Thaumastocoris peregrinus
|Crop=Eucalypt (Eucalyptus)
|Country=Brazil (south)
|Quarantined=No
}}
{{Beneficial record
|Beneficial=Cleruchoides noackae (parasitoid)
|Pest=Thaumastocoris peregrinus
|Crop=Eucalypt (Eucalyptus)
|Country=Brazil (south)
}}