Neotropical Entomology (2021) 50, 759-766

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Vitor Cezar Pacheco da Silva, Daniel Alejandro Aquino, Didier Crochard, Thibaut Malausa, Marcos Botton and Ferran Palero (2021)
Parasitoids (Hymenoptera) of mealybug pests (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) from southern Brazil: Molecular and morphological characterization
Neotropical Entomology 50 (5), 759-766
Abstract: Parasitoids of three mealybug pests (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), Planococcus ficus (Signoret), Pseudococcus sociabilis Hambleton, and Pseudococcus viburni (Signoret) have been identified for the first time in Brazil. Mealybugs were collected in fruit-growing areas along southern Brazil during 2013–2016. An integrative approach, combining morphological and molecular methods, was used to identify the Brazilian parasitoids to the species level. Fifteen species were recorded, including 14 primary parasitoids belonging to Encyrtidae and Platygastridae and a single secondary parasitoid species belonging to Signiphoridae. The encyrtid parasitoids Acerophagus flavidulus (Brèthes), Anagyrus calyxtoi Noyes and Zaplatycerus sp., and the signiphorid secondary parasitoid Chartocerus axillaris De Santis are reported for the first time in Brazil.
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Database assignments for author(s): Marcos Botton

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


Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial Pest/Disease/Weed Crop/Product Country Quarant.


Pseudococcus viburni Brazil (south)
Planococcus ficus Brazil (south)
Pseudococcus sociabilis Brazil (south)
Acerophagus flavidulus (parasitoid) Brazil (south)