A new host record for the egg parasitoid Anagrus nigriventris (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) of the corn leafhopper, Dalbulus maidis (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae)

LUFT ALBARRACIN, ERICA; EDUARDO GABRIEL VIRLA; SERGUEI TRIAPITSYN,

FLORIDA ENTOMOLOGIST

Lugar: De Leon Springs, FL; Año: 2006 vol. 89 p. 284 - 285

0015-4040

A survey of the eggs parasitoids of the corn leafhopper, Dalbulus maidis (DeLong & Wolcott) was carried out in Tucumán Province, Argentina. Samples were collected during the summer of 2004- 2005 with sentinel eggs. Anagrus nigriventris Girault was responsible for 7.2% of the total egg parasitism. That is the first record of this parasitoid reared from the eggs of D. maidis; A. nigriventris is one of three species of Anagrus known to affect populations of this leafhopper pest in Argentina.Dalbulus maidis (DeLong & Wolcott) was carried out in Tucumán Province, Argentina. Samples were collected during the summer of 2004- 2005 with sentinel eggs. Anagrus nigriventris Girault was responsible for 7.2% of the total egg parasitism. That is the first record of this parasitoid reared from the eggs of D. maidis; A. nigriventris is one of three species of Anagrus known to affect populations of this leafhopper pest in Argentina.