Alice: Association of Anagrus amazonensis Triapitsyn, Querino & Feitosa (Hymenoptera, Mymaridae) with aquatic insects in upland streams and floodplain lakes in central Amazonia, Brazil.
Authors: FEITOSA, M. C. B.
Additional Information: MALU CHRISTINE BARBOSA FEITOSA, INPA, Manaus, AM.; RANYSE BARBOSA QUERINO, CPAMN; NEUSA HAMADA, INPA, Manaus, AM.
Title: Association of Anagrus amazonensis Triapitsyn, Querino & Feitosa (Hymenoptera, Mymaridae) with aquatic insects in upland streams and floodplain lakes in central Amazonia, Brazil.
Publisher: Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, São Paulo, v. 60, n. 3, p. 267-269, jul./set. 2016.
Notes: Autoria: QUERINO [i.e. SILVA], R. B. Q. da. RANYSE BARBOSA QUERINO DA SILVA.
Description: Anagrus amazonensis Triapitsyn, Querino & Feitosa (Hymenoptera, Mymaridae) is a parasitoid that usesaquatic insect eggs as a host for the development of its immature stages. The objectives of this study areto record the interaction between A. amazonensis and its hosts and the aquatic plants used by these hoststo lay their eggs. Field work was conducted in floodplain lakes and upland (terra firme) streams, in fourmunicipalities in Amazonas State, Brazil, where aquatic plants were scanned for the presence of aquaticinsect eggs. In the laboratory, eggs were maintained in plastic containers with water until the emergenceof the parasitoid or of the first instar insect. A total of 1223 adults of A. amazonensis emerged from eggsof Hemiptera, Lepidoptera and Odonata; these eggs were collected on 12 species of aquatic plants.