First occurrence spalangia cameroni perkins (hymenoptera: pteromalidae) as a parasitoid of ornidia obesa fabricius (diptera: syrphidae) in Brazil

Authors

  • Carlos Henrique Marchiori Instituto Federal de Educação
  • Jarbas Magno Miranda Instituto Federal de Educação

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5433/1679-0359.2009v30n4p931

Keywords:

Hymenoptera, Chicken dung, Natural enemy, Biocontrol, Goiás

Abstract

This study reports, for the first time, the occurrence of Spalangia cameroni Perkins (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) as parasitoid of Ornidia obesa Fabricius (Diptera: Syrphidae) in poultry farms in Morrinhos, Goiás, Brazil. Manure chicken samples, collected at two weeks intervals, were taken to the laboratory and the pupae were extracted by water flotation. Each pupa was placed in capsules of gelatin until the emergence of dipterous or their parasitoids. The parasitism percentage was 9.5%.

Author Biographies

Carlos Henrique Marchiori, Instituto Federal de Educação

Biólogo, Doutor em Ciências Biológicas; Prof. do Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia Goiano - Campus Morrinhos.

Jarbas Magno Miranda, Instituto Federal de Educação

Licenciado em Ciências Agrárias; Prof. do Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia Goiano - Campus Morrinhos.

Published

2009-12-20

How to Cite

Marchiori, C. H., & Miranda, J. M. (2009). First occurrence spalangia cameroni perkins (hymenoptera: pteromalidae) as a parasitoid of ornidia obesa fabricius (diptera: syrphidae) in Brazil. Semina: Ciências Agrárias, 30(4), 931–934. https://doi.org/10.5433/1679-0359.2009v30n4p931

Issue

Section

Communication

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