Short Communication
A new host record for the leafhopper egg parasitoid Lymaenon aureus (Girault, 1911) (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae)
2023 Volume 26 Issue 1 Pages 8-11
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2023 Volume 26 Issue 1 Pages 8-11
The zig-zag leafhopper, Maiestas dorsalis (Motschulsky, 1859) (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae), is a minor pest of rice in Asia. To investigate the fauna of egg parasitoids associated with leafhoppers in rice field, we deployed sentinel egg traps of M. dorsalis on rice seedlings in Fukuoka Prefecture, Kyushu Island, Japan. Females of two fairyflies, Lymaenon aureus (Girault, 1911) and L. litoralis (Haliday, 1833) (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) were reared from the deployed sentinel eggs. This is a new host record for L. aureus. Additionally, new distributional records of both species from Honshu Island are presented.
