1urn:lsid:arphahub.com:pub:F9B2E808-C883-5F47-B276-6D62129E4FF4urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:245B00E9-BFE5-4B4F-B76E-15C30BA74C02Biodiversity Data JournalBDJ1314-28361314-2828Pensoft Publishers10.3897/BDJ.4.e814281425200Taxonomic PaperPlatygastroideaSystematicsAmericasFirst record of Phanuropsislaniger Johnson in Brazil and first record of P.semiflaviventris Girault in Amazonas (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) with notes of their hosts, stink-bugs of cupuaçuMahlmannThiagothi_mahl@yahoo.com.brhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0381-63771OliveiraBruno Gbrunogaoli@gmail.com1Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Manaus, BrazilInstituto Nacional de Pesquisas da AmazôniaManausBrazil
Corresponding authors: Thiago Mahlmann (thi_mahl@yahoo.com.br), Bruno G Oliveira (brunogaoli@gmail.com).
Academic editor: Elijah Talamas
2016140420164e8142FFE3FFA6-FFF9-7930-FF8E-FF87FF8B22785745491602201610042016Thiago Mahlmann, Bruno G OliveiraThis is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.Background
We report the first record and collection of Phanuropsislaniger Johnson, 1987, for Brazil since its original description. In addition we expand the distribution of Phanuropsissemiflaviventris Girault, 1916, for Amazonas, Brazil and present an updated list of records for both species with the occurrence of P.semiflaviventris in egg of stink-bugs on cupuaçu (Theobromagrandiflorum).
New information
First record of Phanuropsislaniger Johnson, 1987, for Brazil. We also expanded the distribution of Phanuropsissemiflaviventris Girault, 1916, for the state of Amazonas, Brazil
The Neotropical genus Phanuropsis Girault (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) is represented by two species: Phanuropsissemiflaviventris Girault, 1916, and Phanuropsislaniger Johnson, 1987 (Hymenoptera Online, various contributors 2016). The most common species is P.semiflaviventris which can be found from Belize to southern Brazil (Oliveira 2016). Phanuropsislaniger is rarely collected, until now known only from two localities in Colombia and Peru.
Host associations are known for both species (Hymenoptera Online, various contributors 2016) in which P.semiflaviventris was found in association mainly with Antiteuchus Dallas (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) and P.laniger was associated only with Edessa Fabricius (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). Relationships with species and their hosts can support additional information on behavior from species also facilitating future collections.
The objective of this work was to report the first occurrence of P.laniger in Brazil with the first collection after its description. In addition we report the first record of P.semiflaviventris for Amazonas, Brazil updating the occurrence with some notes on the parasitism in eggs of stink-bugs on “cupuaçu” (Theobromagrandiflorum)
Materials and methods
The collections were taken at different times in 2014-2015 at natural vegetation areas containing "cupuaçu trees" (Theobromagrandiflorum) of the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), located in the city of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil (3°5'45.80"S; 59°59'21.86"W). Cupuaçu trees canopies were sampled randomly seeking for ovipositions of Hemiptera. Egg masses with signs of parasitism were collected and held in an incubator with temperature of 25ºC ±1, humidity of 70% ±5 and photo period of 12 hours of light and 12 hours of dark until the emergence of adults. After the emergency the insects were killed and mounted for identification. The specimens of Phanuropsis were identified based on the diagnosis of the genera and by the discussion presented by Johnson 1987). Photos were sent to Lubomir Masner to confirm our identification.
Photomicrographs were prepared using a LeicaM205C stereomicroscope coupled with a Leica DFC295 and a Leica Application Suite V4.1 Interactive Measurements, Montage. All the material is deposited at Invertebrates Collection of INPA.
This species is so far known from Central America (Honduras, Costa Rica and Panama) and South AmericaI (Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Suriname and Brazil). In Brazil is a new record for Amazonas (Table 1).
Discussion
A single female specimen of P.laniger was collected during the period of observation (Fig. 1). The insect was at the bottom of a cupuaçu leaf near an egg mass of Antiteuchus sp. We did not observe however the contact of P.laniger with those eggs even though they were collected at the exact time of observation. This is the first record of P.laniger in Brazil (Table 1) with the first record of collection since its original description in 1987.
Were collected seven Hemiptera egg postures in the cupuaçu trees all belonging to genus Antiteuchus. The species of parasitoids emerged were Gryon sp., P.semiflaviventris (Fig. 2) and Trissolcusurichi Crawford. This is the first record of P.semiflaviventris in the Amazonas, Brazil. Thus, there are currently records for the North, Northeast and Southeast of Brazil.
Acknowledgements
The authors want to thank's Lubomir Masner for confirm the identification, Juliana Hipólito for the considerations in the manuscript and the Invertebrate Collection of INPA for allowing the use of photographic equipment used in this work.
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