Biology of Microplitis mediator Haliday (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) parasitizing the wheat armyworm Mythimna (Pseudaletia) sequax Franclemont (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
The larval endoparasitoid Microplitis mediator Haliday is described for the first time in the Neotropical Region, parasitizing the wheat armyworm Mythimna (Pseudaletia) sequax Franclemont. Females successfully parasitized the four first instars of the host, with a significant preference for the seco...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Neotropical entomology 2003-01, Vol.32 (1), p.81-84 |
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Zusammenfassung: | The larval endoparasitoid Microplitis mediator Haliday is described for the first time in the Neotropical Region, parasitizing the wheat armyworm Mythimna (Pseudaletia) sequax Franclemont. Females successfully parasitized the four first instars of the host, with a significant preference for the second and third, in relation to either the first or fourth instars. No parasitoids emerged from caterpillars parasitized in the fifth and sixth instars. Development of M. mediator was determined at four constant temperatures between 15°C and 30°C. The duration of the egg-larval stages varied from 32.3 days at 15°C to 8.0 days at 30°C. The pupal stage lasted 24.3 and 5.1 days at 15°C and 30°C, respectively. Development of the parasitoid from oviposition to adult emergence required the total of 251.3 degree-days (DD) above the threshold of 10.3ºC. At 20°C, longevity of females was significantly shorter when kept in oviposition activity (16.8 ± 1.81 days) in comparison to females kept without hosts (29.7 ± 1.83 days). Parasitoid females remained reproductively active until one day before death, and parasitized an average of 60.6 ± 8.40 second instar hosts during their adult life, with an average of 3.9 parasitized caterpillars/day.
O endoparasitóide larval Microplitis mediator Haliday é descrito pela primeira vez na Região Neotropical, parasitando a lagarta do trigo Mythimna (Pseudaletia) sequax Franclemont. Fêmeas parasitaram com sucesso hospedeiros do primeiro ao quarto instar, com preferência pelo segundo e terceiro instares. Parasitóides não emergiram de lagartas de quinto e sexto instares ofertadas para o parasitismo. O desenvolvimento de M. mediator foi determinado em quatro temperaturas constantes entre 15ºC e 30ºC. A duração dos estágios de ovo-larva variou entre 32,3 dias e 15ºC e 8,0 dias a 30ºC. A duração do estágio pupal foi entre 24,3 e 5,1 dias, a 15ºC e 30ºC respectivamente. O desenvolvimento do parasitóide da oviposição ao estágio adulto requereu o total de 251,3 graus-dia, acima da temperatura-base de 10,3ºC. A 20ºC, a longevidade das fêmeas mantidas em atividade de oviposição (16,8 ± 1,81 dias) foi significativamente menor em comparação a fêmeas mantidas na ausência de hospedeiros (29,7 ± 1,83 dias). Fêmeas do parasitóide permaneceram ativas reprodutivamente até um dia antes da morte, e parasitaram em média 60,6 ± 8,40 hospedeiros de seg |
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ISSN: | 1519-566X 1678-8052 1678-8052 |
DOI: | 10.1590/S1519-566X2003000100011 |