First record of the parasitoid Gonatopus flavipes Olmi, 1984 (Hymenoptera, Dryinidae) in Brazil's Amazon forest
Author
Martins, Andre Luis
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4794-0644
Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Entomologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Laboratorio de Biologia Comparada de Hymenoptera, Universidade Federal do Parana, CEP 81531 - 980, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
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Author
Krinski, Diones
Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Zoologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Laboratorio de Controle Integrado de Insetos, Universidade Federal do Parana, CEP 81351 - 980 Curitiba, PR, Brazil & Departamento de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso, CEP 78300 - 000 Tangara da Serra, MT, Brazil
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Journal of Hymenoptera Research
2016
2016-06-27
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/JHR.50.8897
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Gonatopus flavipes Olmi, 1984
Gonatopus flavipes
Olmi, 1984: 1752.
Note.
Only two female specimens were collected (Figs
2-5
). They present the following diagnostic features:
Figures 2-5.
Gonatopus flavipes
.
2
Habitus
3
Mesosoma in dorsal view
4
Head in dorsal view
5
Chela.
Diagnosis.
Completely yellow testaceous except petiole black and metasoma partly brown (Fig.
2
). Pronotum shiny, unsculptured, crossed by strong transverse furrow. Scutum shiny, unsculptured, laterally with two pointed apophyses (Fig.
3
). Meso-metapleural suture obsolete (Fig.
2
). Head with frontal line complete; occipital carina absent; OL (distance between the inner edges of a lateral ocellus and the median ocellus)/POL (distance between the inner edges of the lateral ocelli) = 1.5/1.0 (Fig.
4
). Enlarged claw with one small subapical tooth and one row of six peg-like hairs. Segment 5 of protarsus with two rows of 22 + 12 lamellae (Fig.
5
). Tibial spurs 1/0/1.
Material examined.
Two
females:
Brazil
, PA,
Novo Progresso
,
Florentino Farm
,
Upland
rice crop,
7°08'41"S
55°22'43"W
,
09.ii.2011
,
D. Krisnki
,
Pitfall traps
(DZUP)
.
Gonatopus flavipes
was recorded for
Argentina
,
Bolivia
,
Brazil
(
Piaui
,
Sao
Paulo
and
Santa Catarina
States),
Costa Rica
,
Ecuador
,
Guadeloupe
,
Jamaica
and
Mexico
(
Olmi and Virla 2014
) (Fig.
1
). In addition we record for the first time the presence of this species from
Para
State
,
Brazil
, in upland rice crop.
Therefore, considering the economic importance of rice crops in
Brazil
, we recommend careful monitoring in rice areas and studies on the biology, morphology and ecology of
G. flavipes
in different rice crops.
In
addition, more studies are needed to assess the population fluctuation of this parasitoid in different rice varieties, mainly to investigate if this species can be used in the future for the biological control of
Auchenorrhyncha
(
Guglielmino 2002
;
Mita et al. 2012
). In fact, research out of
Brazil
have reported the occurrence of
Gonatopus
species associated with important pests of rice (
Mita and Pham 2014
).