Parasitismo de pupas de Argon lota Hewitson (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) por Brachymeria pandora (Crawford) (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae) no Rio Grande do Sul

Abstract

Edited by Madelaine Venzon -EPAMIG Neotropical Entomology 39(2):311-312 (2010) Parasitism of Argon lota Hewitson (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) by Brachymeria pandora (Crawford) (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae) in Rio Grande do Sul, BrazilABSTRACT -This note reports the fi rst record of parasitism of Argon lota Hewitson pupae by the facultative gregarious parasitoid Brachymeria pandora (Crawford). Up to six adults (three males and three females) of B. pandora were observed to emerge from a single A. lota pupa.

Bioecological aspects of Cynea (Cynea) diluta (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Hesperiinae)

“…There are some records of Brachymeria spp. parasitising directly Lepidoptera pupae, such as Nymphalidae Tavares 2005, 2006;Nardi et al 2006;Tinôco et al 2012;Santos-Murgas et al 2019), Geometridae (Zache et al 2012), Saturniidae (Ramírez et al 2004), and Hesperiidae around Indonesia, India, Panama, and North and South Regions of Brazil (Salgado-Neto et al 2010;Erniwati and Ubaidillah 2011;Tinôco et al 2012;Gupta and Kalesh 2012;Gupta et al 2016;Santos-Murgas et al 2021;James et al 2022). The only information in respect of parasitism of Cynea is a report of the braconid Alphomelon xestopyga Deans, 2003 on larvae of C. irma (Janzen and Hallwachs 2009).…”

Brachymeriaspp. (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae) Parasitizing Pupae of Hersperidae and Nymphalidae (Lepidoptera) Pests of Oil Palm in the Brazilian Amazonian Region

“…This species has also been reported as a hyperparasitoid of Tachinidae and Sarcophagidae (Diptera) from lepidopteran pupae, but it emerged from Alabama argillacea (Hübner) and Mocis latipes (Guenée) (Noctuidae) pupae (Terán 1980). Brachymeria annulipes parasitized Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders) (Gelechidae) (Noyes 2002), and the parasitoid B. pandora emerged from pupa of Calpodesethlius (Stoll), Argon lota Hewitson (Hesperiidae) and Historis odius (Fabricius) (Nymphalidae) (Marchiori et al2003;Gil-Santana & Tavares 2005;Salgado-Neto et al 2010). This is the first report of a species of the genus Brachymeria parasitizing pupae of O. invirae and Saliana sp., and as an hyperparasitoid of C. scutellaris in palm plantations in the Brazilian Amazonian region.…”

Review of Parasitoid Wasps and Flies (Hymenoptera, Diptera) Associated with Limacodidae (Lepidoptera) in North America, with a Key to Genera

“…Hyperparasitism by B. koehleri has been reported in association with species of Sarcophagidae and Tachinidae parasitizing Geometridae, Hesperiidae, Nymphalidae, Noctuidae, and Papilionidae caterpillars (Thompson 1954;De Santis 1967, 1989Herting 1976Herting , 1978Tavares et al 2006;Salgado-Neto et al 2010;Tinôco et al 2012;Zaché et al 2012). Brachymeria spp.…”