CYROMAZINE EFFECTS ON OPIUS CONCOLOR SZEPL (HYMENOPTERA, BRACONIDAE) APPLIED THROUGH LABORATORY HOST CERATITIS-CAPITATA WIED (DIPTERA, TEPHRITIDAE)

The effects of topical treatments with five concentrations (0.00001 mg /ml, 0.01 mg/ml, 0.1 mg/ml, 1 mg/ml and 10 mg/ml) of cyromazine on Cer atitis capitata WIED. (Dip., Tephritidae) and indirect effects of thes e treatments on a larval parasitoid, Opius concolor SZEPL. (Hym., Brac onidae), were studied. The results obtained showed that topical treatm ents on the third larval stadium of C. capitata did not affect the dev elopment. Further, at the concentrations used here, cyromazine did not affect the development or parasitism of O. concolor.