Prorops nasuta Waterson, 1923

Distribution

Afrotropical, Oriental, Nearctic, Neotropical and Palaearctic regions.

Biology

Prorops nasuta is a parasitoid of the curculionid beetle Hypothenemus hampei Ferrari, 1871, a global pest of coffee, and has been introduced into many countries as a biocontrol agent of this coffee berry borer(Murphy & Moore, 1990; Pérez-Lachaud & Hardy, 1999; Waichert & Azevedo, 2012).

References

Mugrabi D.F. & Azevedo C.O. 2011. Insecta, Hymenoptera, Bethylidae: Range extension and filling gaps in Madagascar. Check List 6(1): 62-63.

Murphy S.T. & Moore D. 1990. Biological control of the coffee berry borer Hypothenemus hampei (Ferrari) (Coleoptera: Scolytidae), previous programmes and possibilities for the future. Biocontrol News and Information 11: 107-117.
Pérez-Lachaud G. & Hardy I.C.W. 1999. Reproductive biology of Cephalonomia hyalinipennis (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae), a native parasitoid of the coffee berry borer, Hypothenemus hampei
(Coleoptera: Scolytidae), in Chiapas, Mexico. Biological Control 14:152-158.

Waichert C. & Azevedo C.O. 2012. The genus Prorops Waterson, 1923 (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae) from Madagascar. European Journal of Taxonomy 16: 1-11. http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2012.16

Waterston J. 1923. Notes on parasitic Hymenoptera. Bulletin of Entomological Research 14:103-118. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007485300028248

Credits

Photographs © Cecília Waichert & Celso O. Azevedo.