Parasitoids from Azores (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae, Pteromalidae, Braconidae): po...

• Author(s): Oliveira, Luísa ; Medeiros, Aida ; Vicente Falcó, José ; Beitia, Francisco ; Verdú, Maria Jesús ; Garcia, Patrícia
• Date: 2008
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/1049
• Origin: Repositório da Universidade dos Açores
• Subject(s): Ceratitis capitata; Native parasitoids; Braconidae; Encyrtidae; Pteromalidae
• Document Type: Article
• Language: English

Description

Copyright © 2008 Taylor & Francis Ltd. Two hymenopterous parasitoids, Halticoptera patellana and Toxeumorpha nigricola, were recovered from Mediterranean fruit fly pupae on São Miguel Island, Azores. Both are new records for the Azores, and as Medfly parasitoids. Field-collected Tachinaephagus zealandicus was maintained on Medfly for 10 generations, but if it has potential as a biocontrol agent remains an open question.