Development of Cleruchoides noackae, an egg-parasitoid of Thaumastocoris peregrinus, in eggs laid on different substrates, with different ages and post-cold storage

• Published in: BioControl (Dordrecht, Netherlands) Netherlands), 2018-04, Vol.63 (2), p.193-202
• Main Authors: Barbosa, Leonardo Rodrigues, Rodrigues, Ângelo Peruffo, de Souza, Lohana Neves, Foerster, Luís Amilton, de Souza, Amanda Rodrigues, de Castro e Castro, Bárbara Monteiro, Wilcken, Carlos Frederico, Zanuncio, José Cola
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Age; Agriculture; Animal Biochemistry; Animal Ecology; Behavioral Sciences; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Cleruchoides noackae; Cold storage; Eggs; Emergence; Entomology; Eucalyptus; Generalized linear models; Honey; Insects; Laboratories; Leaves; Life Sciences; Mass rearing; Parasitism; Parasitoids; Plant Pathology; Sex ratio; Substrates; Temperature effects; Thaumastocoris peregrinus; Towels
• ISSN: 1386-6141; 1573-8248
• DOI: 10.1007/s10526-017-9863-3

Cleruchoides noackae Lin and Huber (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) is an egg parasitoid of Thaumastocoris peregrinus Carpintero and Dellapé (Hemiptera: Thaumastocoridae). The parasitism and development of C. noackae was studied in T. peregrinus eggs of different ages, laid on eucalyptus leaves or paper towel and stored at 5 °C. The emergence, sex ratio and development of C. noackae and hatched nymphs of T. peregrinus were evaluated. This parasitoid had an emergence rate higher than 60% from zero to one, one to two, and two to three-day old eggs and lower than 10% for those 3–4 and 4–5 days old. The female proportion was 78% and the egg-adult period for C. noackae was 19.5 days. The use of T. peregrinus eggs up to three days old, laid on paper towel and stored at 5 °C for 14 days did not affect the biological parameters of C. nockae and should be used for mass rearing of this parasitoid.