Coptera haywardi Loiácono (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae) parasitoide de pupas de Anastrepha spp. (Diptera: Tephritidae) en Venezuela

García JL, Montilla R. 2001. Coptera haywardi Loiácono (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae) a parasitoid of pupae of Anastrepha spp. (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Venezuela. Entomotropica 16(3):191-195. Coptera haywardiLoiácono was discovered in Venezuela attacking pupae of Anastrepha serpentina (Wiedemann) and Anastrepha striata Schiner (Diptera: Tephritidae) obtained from larvae feeding on caimito fruits Chrysophyllum cainito ( L.) (Sapotaceae) and jobo fruits Spondias mombin(L.) (Anacardiaceae) respectively. Under natural conditions the parasitism was 4.6%. In the laboratory this parasitoid was reared on pupae of A. oblicua (Macquart); the life cicle (egg-adult) was 47.0 days in males and 54.3 days in females; under these conditions, the parsitism was 24 %