Enemigos naturales del defoliador de pinos, Zadiprion falsus Smith (Hymenoptera: Symphyta: Diprionidae) en Durango.

Abstract

In Durango State, there were some pine defoliator population outbreaks in 2003, that acquire aesthetic, ecological and economical relevance, when the defoliation continues year through year, tree productivity reduces and also the log diameter. This study is focused to identify the different species of defoliators from Diprionidae family: Zadiprion falsus Smith, Neodiprion omosus Smith and Neodiprion fulviceps Cresson, collected at the Paraje El Pachón, predio Los Bancos, Municipality of Pueblo Nuevo, Durango, Mexico. The first defoliator species was selected for the study on natural enemies that regulate the population pest, such as: three species of parasitoid wasps from Netelia genera (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), one unidentified fly species (Diptera: Tachinidae) and entomopathogenic fungi Beauveria bassiana (Deuteromycetes: Moniliaceae).