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

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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.

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We are grateful to Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) (Project: 142131/2012-1 e 445512/2014-8), Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (EMBRAPA), Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES), Fundação de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais (FAPEMIG) and the Programa Cooperativo sobre Proteção Florestal/PROTEF of Instituto de Pesquisas e Estudos Florestais/IPEF for their financial support. Dr. Phillip John Villani (The University of Melbourne, Australia) revised and corrected the English language used in this manuscript.

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    Leonardo Rodrigues Barbosa, Ângelo Peruffo Rodrigues & Lohana Neves de Souza

  2. Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, 81531-990, Brazil

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Barbosa, L.R., Rodrigues, Â.P., de Souza, L.N. et al. Development of Cleruchoides noackae, an egg-parasitoid of Thaumastocoris peregrinus, in eggs laid on different substrates, with different ages and post-cold storage. BioControl 63, 193–202 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10526-017-9863-3

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