Abstract
Cacao (Theobroma cacao) and copoazú (T. grandiflorum) agroecosystems represent a common source of income or many small-scale farmers in the Colombian Amazon basin. Most of these systems are set in low disturbance environments; they are considered biodiversity-friendly ecosystems inhabited by several groups of insects. In this study, we carried out a preliminary taxonomic inventory of the microhymenopteran parasitoids present in these agroforestry systems. Twenty-six localities of the Amazonian basin of Colombia were sampled using several insect collecting methods (Malaise trap, sweep net, pitfall, and rearing boxes). Collected specimens were curated and cataloged, establishing the first taxonomic voucher collection of parasitoids from the Colombian Amazon basin. We identified 767 specimens representing 64 species, 274 morphospecies, 143 genera and 20 families, 34 genera and 16 species of these being recorded for the first time in the country. The genus Gbelcia is reported for the first time from the Neotropical region. A new parasitoid-host relationship was found for Horismenus cupreus (Eulophidae) attacking larvae of Phyllocnistis sp. (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae), which feeds on Annona montana (Annonaceae) leaves.
| Originalsprog | Engelsk |
|---|---|
| Artikelnummer | e202262035 |
| Tidsskrift | Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia |
| Vol/bind | 62 |
| Antal sider | 17 |
| ISSN | 0031-1049 |
| DOI | |
| Status | Udgivet - 2022 |
Bibliografisk note
Funding Information:to Minciencias and the Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias (Universidad Nacional de Colombia) which funded this work through the “Jovenes Investigadores e Innovadores por la Paz 2017” Program, code 205010028525. We are grateful to the cacao project “Reconocimiento de insec-tos de importancia agronomica asociados al agroeco-sistema Cacaotero de la Amazonia Colombiana” code 110171250625 CT FP44842-128-2016 for supporting this study.
Funding Information:
The first author is grateful to Minciencias and the Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias (Universidad Nacional de Colombia) which funded this work through the “Jovenes Investigadores e Innovadores por la Paz 2017” Program, code 205010028525. We are grateful to the cacao project “Reconocimiento de insectos de importancia agronomica asociados al agroecosistema Cacaotero de la Amazonia Colombiana” code 110171250625 CT FP44842-128-2016 for supporting this study. The authors want to thank Valentina Vergara (CTNI – Agrosavia) for her constant support and orientation in the curatorial process at the UNAB museum; to Helber Arevalo and Javier Martinez for identifications of Lepidoptera (Gracillariidae) and Diptera specimens. To the UNAB museum, Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, for supplying materials and facilities to carry out this work and the Entomology Laboratory of the Universidad de la Amazonia, LEUA; and Jean Alexander Gamboa for coordinating field trips and providing work-space and equipment at LEUA.
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