Monthly Parasitism Rate by Tachinid Flies and Egg Allocation on the Body of Dichelops furcatus
2018
Agostinetto, Alice | Panizzi, Antônio R. | Lucini, Tiago
Monthly parasitism rates and oviposition behavior of tachinid flies parasitizing Dichelops furcatus (F.) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) adults were determined. Weekly surveys, with duration of 2 hr each, were performed during 1 yr at the National Wheat Research Center in Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Stink bugs were collected from different plants and from crop residues, and taken to the laboratory to examine whether or not they were parasitized (presence of fly eggs). Number and egg allocation (dorsal and ventral surfaces) on stink bug bodies were determined. Stink bugs were kept inside plastic boxes to collect the parasitoid pupae and to identify the flies after emergence. Four tachinid (Diptera: Tachinidae) species were obtained as follows: Ectophasiopsis gradata (Wiedemann), Cylindromyia sp., and Gymnoclytia sp. 1 and sp. 2. The parasitism rate ranged from 2.5 to 7.0% (during Apr–Aug), and from 12 to 59% (Sep–Mar). Eggs were laid preferably on the dorsal surface (82%), and the majority of them (42%) under the wings. The number of fly eggs per parasitized stink bug ranged from 1.0 to 2.0.
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