ABSTRACT
This is the first record of the parasitoid Epoligosita mexicana Viggiani (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) in Brazil. The objective of the study was to survey parasitoids of Leptopharsa heveae Drake and Poor (Hemiptera: Tingidae) eggs or nymphs and/or adults in rubber-tree folioles of 5 clones at the Plantações E. Michelin Ltda. farm, at Itiquira, MT, Brazil. Besides the L. heveae’s egg parasitoids, 49 specimens of E. mexicana were obtained from the rubber-tree folioles. The methodology employed in the surveys did not eliminate the endophytic postures of other insects, besides those of L. heveae. As nymphs of unidentified leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) were observed in the surveys, it is not possible to confirm the association of E. mexicana with L. heveae eggs, since the species has as primary hosts Cicadellidae species.
KEY WORDS
Chalcidoidea;
Hevea brasiliensis
; parasitoid; Tingidae
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