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EUDORYLAS (METADORYLAS) SP. (DIPTERA: PIPUNCULIDAE): A PREVIOUSLY UNREPORTED PARASITOID OF DALBULUS MAIDIS (DELONG AND WOLCOTT) AND DALBULUS ELIMATUS (BALL) (HOMOPTERA: CICADELLIDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Fernando E. Vega ,
Pedro Barbosa  and
Alejandro Perez Panduro
Fernando E. Vega
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA 20742
Pedro Barbosa
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA 20742
Alejandro Perez Panduro
Affiliation:
Centro de Entomología y Acarología, Colegio de Postgraduados, 56230 Chapingo, México
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The genus Dalbulus (Homoptera: Cicadellidae) consists of 11 species, 10 of which can be found in México (Nault 1990). Some members in the genus, such as the corn leafhopper, Dalbulus maidis (DeLong and Wolcott), and the Mexican corn leafhopper, Dalbulus elimatus (Ball) are serious pests of maize due to their transmission of three corn stunting pathogens: corn stunt spiroplasma (CSS; Spiroplasma kunkelii Whitcomb et al.), maize bushy stunt mycoplasmalike organism (MBSM), and maize rayado fino virus (MRFV) (Nault 1990). Due to the widespread damage that these leafhopper-vectored pathogens cause in maize-growing regions in Latin America, a search for the leafhopper natural enemies was conducted in maize agroecosystems in central México.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 123 , Issue 1 , February 1991 , pp. 241 - 242
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1991

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