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Occurrence and biology of Dinocampus coccinellae (Schrank, 1802) (Hymenoptera; Braconidae: Euphorinae) parasitising different species of Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) in Neotropical region

“…Male specimens were not obtained, which confirms literature information about telitokous parthenogenesis reproduction mode in D. coccinellae (Balduf, 1926;Phillips and Emberson, 1999;Okuda and Ceryngier, 2000).…”

“…Dinocampus coccinellae is a telitokous parthenogenetic solitary parasitoid (Balduf, 1926;Obrycki, 1989;Phillips and Emberson, 1999;Okuda and Ceryngier, 2000;Hoogendoorn and Heimpel, 2002;Riddick et al, 2009), whose females do not discriminate hosts which have already been parasitised by other females of the same species (Geoghegan et al, 1998;Majerus et al, 2000;Koyama and Majerus, 2008).…”

Parasitism of the “Fuller’s rose weevil” Naupactus cervinus by Microctonus sp. in Argentina

“…The species studied here is distinguished from M. hyperodae by the following criteria: (1) Morphological characters at larval level are compatible with species differentiation, although the species status should be confirmed with the taxonomic study of adult specimens. On the opposite, the two highly divergent biotypes of M. hyperodae are morphologically identical (Phillips and Emberson 1999). (2) M. hyperodae seems to be a species-specific parasitoid of L. bonariensis since it is its only weevil host so far reported for South America.…”

“…Shape and size of the head, capsule and mandibles and the pattern of hypopharyngeal sclerotization are the most reliable characters for specific identification of first instar larvae of Microctonus (Fuester 1970). However, parasitoids usually need to be reared to the adult stage for species identification (Phillips and Emberson 1999). Mature hymenopteran larvae were not described because they do not allow taxonomic identification beyond the order level (Sasakawa et al 2011).…”