Gryon vitripenne Masner (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae), new host-parasitoid association with Leptoglossus zonatus (Dallas) (Heteroptera: Coreidae) in corn crop and extension of geographic range

Abstract

The purpose of this publication is to report a new parasitoid association of Gryon vitripenne Masner, 1983 (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae: Scelioninae) and the leaf-footed bug Leptoglossus zonatus (Dallas, 1852) (Heteroptera: Coreidae) in corn crop in Brazil as well as the extension of the geographic range of G. vitripenne to Sete Lagoas municipality, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, about 7,600 km SE from Brownsville and Harlingen, Texas, EUA, the types localities, and about 1,200 km SE from Campo Verde municipality, Mato Grosso State and 1,400 km NE from Porto Alegre municipality, Rio Grande do Sul State, the previously known records in Brazil.

Keywords

• Bionomy
• Neotropical fauna
• Scelioninae
• Zea mays