A new interaction in an invasive plant in Brazil: Horismenus abnormicaulis (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae) parasitizing Acanthoscelides macrophthalmus (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Bruchinae) in seeds pods of Leucaena leucocephala (Fabaceae)

A new interaction in an invasive plant in Brazil: Horismenus abnormicaulis (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae) parasitizing Acanthoscelides macrophthalmus (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Bruchinae) in seeds pods of Leucaena leucocephala (Fabaceae)

ABSTRACT The parasitism of Acanthoscelides macrophthalmus (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Bruchinae) by the parasitoid Horismenus abnormicaulis (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) is described for the first time. We harvested 90 Leucaena leucocephala (Fabaceae, Mimosoideae) fruit pods, in June 2019 on the campus...

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Main Authors: Tamires Camila Talamonte de Oliveira, Tiago Morales-Silva, Valmir Antonio Costa, Lucas Del Bianco Faria
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Entomologia 2022-11-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Entomologia
Subjects:
Alien species
Host-parasitoid Interaction
Native insect
Seed beetles
Tri-trophic interaction
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