First records of hymenopterous larval-pupal parasitoids of Anastrepha fraterculus (Wiedemann) (Diptera : Tephritidae) in the northwestern province of Catamarca, Argentina

摘要

In the northwestern provinces of Cata-marca, Tucuman, Salta, and Jujuy (Argentina) there are important citrus-growing areas where the native Anastrepha fraterculus (Wiedemann) and the exotic Ceratitis cap-itata (Wiedemann) coexist in wild and commercially grown, native and exotic fruit. However, most previous fruit fly parasitoid surveys were focused largely in citrus orchard areas of Tucuman (Hayward 1940, Fernandez de Araoz and Nasca 1984, Ovru-ski 1995). No published reports exist on the fruit fly parasitoid fauna of Catamarca. Only a small amount of information on fruit flies has been published, mainly based on specimens caught in traps in several De-partamentos of Catamarca Province (Ros-illo 1953, Vattuone et al. 1999).