Egg parasitoids of dalbulus maidis (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) in jalisco state, Mexico

Abstract

A survey of eggs parasitoids of the corn leafhopper, Dalbulus maidis (DeLong & Wolcott) was conducted in Jalisco State, Mexico. Samples were collected during the summer of 2008 with sentinel eggs. Five taxa, Anagrus breviphragma Soyka and Polynema sp. (Mymaridae), Paracentrobia nr subflava, Aphelinoidea sp., and Pseudoligosita sp. (Trichogrammatidae) were reared. This is the first reference to an egg parasitoid complex of the corn leafhopper in Mexico, and A. breviphragma is recorded for the first time occurring in Mexico.