Doryctobracon (genus - parasitoids)
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Doryctobracon areolatus - female (click on image to enlarge it)
Authors: Beatriz Jordão Paranhos, Dori Edson Nava and Aldo Malavasi
Source: Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira (2019), vol. 54, art. e26037
Authors: Beatriz Jordão Paranhos, Dori Edson Nava and Aldo Malavasi
Source: Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira (2019), vol. 54, art. e26037
Doryctobracon Enderlein, 1920
This genus of parasitoids contains around 10 species and is widely distributed in Central and South America. The members are solitary koinobiont endoparasitoids which develop in late instar fruit fly larvae, mainly from the genus Anastrepha. The most important species is Doryctobracon areolatus which parasitizes species like Anastrepha fraterculus and A. obliqua. The genus is characterized by the morphology of the head and the forewing venation.
Currently, the following species have been entered into the system:
