María Fernanda Cingolani

Tachinid Parasitoids of the Adult Stage of Phytophagous Stink Bugs: A Vacant Niche in Piezodorus guildinii (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)

ABSTRACT Piezodorus guildinii and Nezara viridula (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) are harmful stink bug pest species. Among their natural enemies, parasitoids of two guilds attack them: oophagous and those that parasitise the adult stage. The combined impact of parasitoids of both guil...

A new potential biological control agent—the interaction between the parasitoid fly Neobrachelia edessae (Diptera: Tachinidae) and the stink bug Edessa meditabunda (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)

Abstract Tachinid flies are natural enemies of adult hemipterans of the family Pentatomidae, which are considered pests of economically important crops. We evaluated the performance of Neobrachelia edessae Townsend (Diptera: Tachinidae), a Neotropical parasitoid fly of the stink...