Pérez-García, K., & Fernández-Herrera, C. 2024 Himenópteros parasitoides de Ceroplastes floridensis (Comstock) (Hemiptera: Coccidae) en cultivos de guayaba agria (Psidium araca L.), en Montería-Córdoba, Colombia [Hymenoptera parasitoids of Ceroplastes floridensis (Comstock) (Hemiptera: Coccidae) on sour guava crops (Psidium araca L.), in Montería-Córdoba, Colombia]. Acta Agronomica https://doi.org/10.15446/acag.v72n2.111523

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ant association

natural enemies

Notes: In the present preliminary study in guava crops (Psidium araca L.) in the municipality of Montería-Córdoba, Colombia, the behavior of Ceroplastes floridensis (Comstock) was analyzed and its main parasitoid insects were taxonomically identified. It was identified a Hymenoptera: Formicidae (Azteca sp.) as a dispersal agent associated with nymphs of C. floridensis and as parasitoid insects to the species Metaphycus sp.; Metaphycus marensis; Metaphycus helvolus; Diaphorencyrtus sp.; Copidosoma sp.; Chrysocharis flacilla; Chrysocharis pentheus, Tetrastichus sp., i>Aprostocetus sp.

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