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Illustration
originally from De Pinto da Fonseca & R. L. Araújo, 1939 |
Distribution
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Madagascar, Uganda.
Introduced to many other coffee growing areas across the world.
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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 bore (Murphy & Moore, 1990; Pérez-Lachaud & Hardy,
1999;
Waichert & Azevedo, 2012). |
References |
Fonseca, J. Pinto Da
& Araujo, R. L. 1939. Insectos inimigos de Hypothenemus hampei (Ferr.)
(Broca do café). Bol. Biol., S. Paulo (n. s.) 4: 486-504, 10 figs.
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.
Toledo
De, A. A. 1942. Notas sobre a biologia da vespa de Uganda Prorops
nasuta (Hym, Bethylidae) no Estado de Săo Paulo. Brasil. Arq. Inst. Biol.,
13:233-260.
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
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Illustration originally from De Pinto da Fonseca & R. L.
Araújo, 1939. |
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