Primeiro registro de parasitoides de ovos de Oebalus poecilus (Dallas, 1851) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) em arroz no Maranhão, Brasil

Abstract

First record of egg parasitoids of Oebalus poecilus (Dallas, 1851) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) in rice in Maranhão, Brazil This is the first report of the species Trissolcus urichi (Crawford, 1913) and Telenomus podisi Ashmead, 1893 (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) parasitizing Oebalus poecilus (Dallas, 1851) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) eggs in rice in Maranhão, Brazil. These parasitoids were collected in the municipality of Itapecuru Mirim, MA, in an area of 0.2 ha cultivated with rice. The eggs collected exhibited an average parasitism of 11.4%. Twenty egg parasitoids were collected and identified, these being one Tr. urichi and nineteen Te. podisi. The presence of these naturally occurring parasitoids in the field opens perspectives for updating the species of parasitoids that parasitize pentatomid eggs in rice fields in Brazil.

Keywords

• oryza sativa
• grain stink bug
• natural parasitism
• telenomus podisi
• trissolcus urichi