First report of Rinamba opacicollis Cameron (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Doryctinae) in India as parasitoid of coffee stem borer, Xylotrechus quadripes (Chevrolat) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)

Authors

  • A. Roobakkumar
  • H.G. Seetharama
  • P. Krishna Reddy
  • M.S. Uma
  • A. P. Ranjith

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33307/entomon.v44i4.486

Abstract

Rinamba opacicollis Cameron (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) was collected from Chikkamagaluru, Karnataka, India for the first time from the larvae of white stem borer, Xylotrechus quadripes Chevrolat infesting arabica coffee. Its role in the biological or integrated control of X. quadripes remains to be evaluated. White stem borer could be the first host record of this parasitoid all over the world.

Author Biographies

A. Roobakkumar

Entomology Division, Central Coffee Research Institute, CRS Post-577 117, Chikkamagaluru Dist, Karnataka, India

H.G. Seetharama

Entomology Division, Central Coffee Research Institute, CRS Post-577 117, Chikkamagaluru Dist, Karnataka, India

P. Krishna Reddy

Entomology Division, Central Coffee Research Institute, CRS Post-577 117, Chikkamagaluru Dist, Karnataka, India

M.S. Uma

Entomology Division, Central Coffee Research Institute, CRS Post-577 117, Chikkamagaluru Dist, Karnataka, India

A. P. Ranjith

Insect Ecology and Ethology laboratory, University of Calicut, Kerala, India

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Published

2020-02-10

How to Cite

Roobakkumar, A., Seetharama, H., Reddy, P. K., Uma, M., & Ranjith, A. P. (2020). First report of Rinamba opacicollis Cameron (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Doryctinae) in India as parasitoid of coffee stem borer, Xylotrechus quadripes (Chevrolat) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). ENTOMON, 44(4), 311–314. https://doi.org/10.33307/entomon.v44i4.486

Issue

Vol. 44 No. 4 (2019)

Section

Short Communications