Southwestern Entomologist (2018) 43, 787-790

Fabián García-González, Manuel Ramírez-Delgado, Hipolito Cortez-Madrigal and María de Lourdes Ramírez-Ahuja (2018)
New reports of parasitoids and hyperparasitoids of Melanaphis sacchari (Zehntner) in México
Southwestern Entomologist 43 (3), 787-790
Abstract: To assess parasitoid and hyperparasitoid species associated with Melanaphis sacchari (Zehntner) (Hemiptera: Aphididae), samples were collected each week from 15 July to 19 October 2016 in the region of Laguna, Coahuila, Mexico. Aphelinus varipes (Foerster, Aphelinidae) and Lysiphlebus testaceipes (Cresson, Braconidae) were found causing low percentages of parasitism (8.5 and 0.8%, respectively). Associated hyperparasitoids were Syrphophagous aphidiovorus (Mayr, Encyrtidae), Pachyneuron aphidis (Bouché, Pteromalidae), and Alloxysta sp. (Figitidae). A. varipes and S. aphidiovorus were the most abundant. This is the first record of A. varipes associated with M. sacchari in sorghum.
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Database assignments for author(s): Hipólito Cortez-Madrigal

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.
	Melanaphis sacchari	Sorghum (crop)	Mexico
Lysiphlebus testaceipes (parasitoid)	Melanaphis sacchari	Sorghum (crop)	Mexico
Aphelinus varipes (parasitoid)	Melanaphis sacchari	Sorghum (crop)	Mexico