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Vol. 16 No. 1 (2022)

Fruits section

Report and diagnoses of Hambletonia pseudococcina Compere (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) and Pseudiastata sp. (Diptera: Drosophilidae): Natural enemies of Dysmicoccus brevipes (Cockerell) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) in Valle del Cauca, Colombia

https://doi.org/10.17584/rcch.2022v16i1.13160

Published 2022-01-01

  • Takumasa Kondo
    • ,
  • James B. Woolley
    • ,
  • Yenifer Campos-Patiño

Takumasa Kondo
Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria – Agrosavia, Centro de Investigación Palmira, Palmira

James B. Woolley
Texas A&M University, Department of Entomology, College Station

Yenifer Campos-Patiño
Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria – Agrosavia, Centro de Investigación Palmira, Palmira

An aggregation of pink pineapple mealybug, Dysmicoccus brevipes (Cockerell)

Abstract

During a study carried out to determine the prevalence of mealybugs in pineapple (Ananas comosus) orchards conducted in the department of Valle del Cauca, Colombia, the parasitoid wasp Hambletonia pseudococcina Compere, 1936 (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) and the predatory fly Pseudiastata sp. (Diptera: Drosophilidae) were found in association with the pineapple mealybug Dysmicoccus brevipes (Cockerell, 1893) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae). These two natural enemies are briefly diagnosed and illustrated. This is the first record of the genus Pseudiastata in Colombia.

Keywords

Ananas comosus, Biological control, Endoparasitoid, Odoriferous secretions, Species diagnosis, Taxonomy

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