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Scientific Communications • Rev. Bras. entomol. 48 (1) • Mar 2004 • https://doi.org/10.1590/S0085-56262004000100024   copy

Ovipositing behaviour of Compsobracon mirabilis (Szépligeti) (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) in a cerrado habitat, southeastern Brazil

Comportamento de oviposição de Compsobracon mirabilis (Szépligeti) (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) em um habitat de cerrado, sudeste do Brasil

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The oviposition behaviour of the braconid parasitoid, Compsobracon mirabilis ( Szépligeti, 1901) is described. Observations were conducted in a cerrado region located in Três Marias, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The oviposition occurred in a branch of Alibertia concolor (Cham.) K. Schum. 1889 (Rubiaceae), inside of which there were thirteen larvae of an unidentified species of Lepidoptera.

Alibertia concolor; Braconidae; Hymenoptera; oviposition behaviour; parasitism

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