Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Diego E. Portalanza
• Luis Sanchez
• Marjorie Plúas
• Imelda Felix
• Valmir A. Costa
• Nivia da Silva Dias-Pini
• Sheryl Ferreira-Stafanous
• Mariuxi L. Gómez-Torres

Titel

First records of parasitoids attacking the Asian citrus psyllid in Ecuador

Ist Teil von

• Revista brasileira de entomologia, 2017-04, Vol.61 (2), p.107-110

Ort / Verlag

Sociedade Brasileira de Entomologia

Erscheinungsjahr

2017

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• First records of parasitoids attacking the Asian citrus psyllid in Ecuador. The objective of the current study was to investigate the presence of natural enemies of Diaphorina citri (Hemiptera: Liviidae) (the Asian citrus psyllid) in Ecuador. Incidence of parasitoid Diaphorencyrtus aligarhensis (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) was assessed between November 2015 and March 2016, in Letamendi, Febres-Cordero and Tarqui, urban districts of Guayaquil. Highest incidence of parasitism occurred in those regions and seasons of the year with the highest temperatures commensurate with increase of citrus plant shoots. Similar to their host, these parasitoids appear to have established in Ecuador by accident, and were not the result of purposeful introduction. This fortuitous introduction is a potentially helpful tool in controlling the Asian citrus psyllid, and potentially Huanglongbing. Keywords: Diaphorencyrtus aligarhensis, Diaphorina citri, Endoparasitoid, Huanglongbing, Tamarixia radiata