Hyperparasites of Apantelles militaris (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) at S. Miguel i...

• Author(s): Oliveira, Luísa ; Tavares, João ; Vieira, Virgílio
• Date: 1998
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/762
• Origin: Repositório da Universidade dos Açores
• Subject(s): Apanteles militaris WALSH; Gelis sp.; Lisibia sp.; Mythimna unipuncta (Haworth); Trichomalopsis sp.; São Miguel (Azores)
• Document Type: Article
• Language: English

Description

Parasites of Apanteles militaris (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), a larval parasite of Mythimna unipuncta (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), were first found in São Miguel (Azores) in 1989. In 1990 annual surveys of those hyperparasites were initiated in order to study their distribution throughout the year. During the first two years, Lisibia sp. was found at two different altitudes. However, Trichomalopsis sp. was only identified at the highest altitude. Two years after the identification of these two genera, a third hyperparasitoid (Gelis sp.) was found at both altitudes.