Spalangia leiopleura Gibson, 2009 (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae): first record from Brazil

Abstract

Spalangia leiopleura Gibson, 2009 (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) is reported for the first time from Brazil. One female was collected using a Möricke trap at the Reserva Biológica do Jaíba, municipality of Matias Cardoso, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, on 19-22 May 2015. This species was previously known only from North America, between about 40° N in USA to Tamaulipas state in northern Mexico. Thus, our new record extends the known distribution of S. leiopleura southward about 7,300 km, and represents a new national record for Brazil and a new record for South America and the Neotropical Region.

Pupal parasitoids associated with Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Tephritidae) in a semiarid environment in Brazil

“…Recently this species was reported in Brazil in the state of Minas Gerais. However, this report was based on specimens collected in traps, so it was not possible to know its host (Juliato et al, 2017). In this study, S. leiopleura was collected from C. capitata pupae in Rio Grande Norte, so this is the first record of the association of S. leiopleura with a host of the Tephritidae family in Brazil.…”