Release and Establishment of the Parasitoid Cephalonomia stephanoderis Betrem Against the Coffee Berry Borer Hypothenemus hampei Ferrari in Pulney Hills, Tamil Nadu, India

A. Roobakkumar; Stephen D. Samuel; M. M. Balakrishnan; K. Sreedharan

doi:10.3157/021.124.0307

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A. Roobakkumar,^1,* Stephen D. Samuel,¹ M. M. Balakrishnan,² K. Sreedharan¹

¹2 Regional Coffee Research Station, Thandigudi 624 216, Dindigul District, Tamil Nadu, India. E-mail
²3Central Coffee Research Institute, Coffee Research Station, P.O. 577 117, Chikmagalur District, Kar

^*roobakkumar@gmail.com (Corresponding author);

Abstract

Cephalonomia stephanoderis Betrem (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae), a parasitoid of coffee berry borer, Hypothenemus hampei Ferrari (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) were reared in large numbers and released in different coffee growing areas of Pulney Hills, Tamil Nadu, between 2003 and 2007. During surveys from 2003 to 2006 parasitism rates were ranged between 11.36% and 44.88% at release sites. Seven years after the last release, 16% to 45% parasitism was recorded from samples collected from five different areas of Pulney Hills.

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A. Roobakkumar, Stephen D. Samuel, M. M. Balakrishnan, and K. Sreedharan "Release and Establishment of the Parasitoid Cephalonomia stephanoderis Betrem Against the Coffee Berry Borer Hypothenemus hampei Ferrari in Pulney Hills, Tamil Nadu, India," Entomological News 124(3), 221-223, (1 November 2014). https://doi.org/10.3157/021.124.0307

Received: 17 March 2014; Accepted: 1 June 2014; Published: 1 November 2014

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