2015•Entomologia GeneralisOpen access
Thripastichus gentilei: A New Agent for Biological Control of the Guava Thrips in Brazil (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae)
Tiago Georg Pikart, Valmir Antônio Costa, Ancidériton Antonio de Castro, José Cola Zanúncio, José Éduardo Serrão
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Abstract
© 2015 E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart, Germany.Anthracnose is an important post-harvest disease on guava and higher levels of fruit infection have been associated to the presence of the guava thrips Liothrips anonae Moulton, 1933 (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) in Brazil. Here, we report the results of field surveys for parasitoid species associated with L. anonae developed in Viçosa, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. Thripastichus gentilei (Del Guercio 1931) (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) was the only parasitoid species emerged from thrips larvae collected in the field. This parasitoid could be an alternative to the chemical control of L. anonae in guava plantations.