Entomologia Generalis (2015) 35, 151-155

Tiago Georg Pikart, Valmir Antonio Costa, Ancidériton Antonio de Castro, José Cola Zanuncio and José Eduardo Serrão (2015)
Thripastichus gentilei: A new agent for biological control of the guava thrips in Brazil (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae)
Entomologia Generalis 35 (3), 151-155
Abstract: Anthracnose is an important post-harvest disease on guava and higher levels of fruit infection have been associated to the presence of the guava thrips Liothrips anonae Moulton, 1933 (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) in Brazil. Here, we report the results of field surveys for parasitoid species associated with L. anonae developed in Viçosa, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. Thripastichus gentilei (Del Guercio 1931) (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) was the only parasitoid species emerged from thrips larvae collected in the field. This parasitoid could be an alternative to the chemical control of L. anonae in guava plantations.
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Database assignments for author(s): José Cola Zanuncio, José Eduardo Serrao

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
biocontrol - natural enemies
Research topic(s) for beneficials or antagonists:
surveys/distribution/isolation

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Liothrips anonae	Guava (Psidium)	Brazil (south)
Thripastichus gentilei (parasitoid)	Liothrips anonae	Guava (Psidium)	Brazil (south)