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• Gonatocerini

  Gonatocerini is a tribe of minute egg parasitoids within Mymaridae (Hymenoptera). Members are idiobiont parasitoids of insect eggs, with several species employed in biological control programs against leafhopper pests (Cicadellidae: Proconiini). The tribe currently comprises 14 recognized genera. A survey in tobacco crops of central Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, documented 698 individuals across 21 species in four genera: Gonatocerus (most abundant), Cosmocomoidea, Lymaenon, and Tanyxiphium.

  parasitoidbiological-controlMymaridaetobaccoagricultureCicadellidaeProconiiniBrazilRio-Grande-do-Sulorganic-farmingegg-parasitoididiobiont