[Natural egg parasitism of Tibraca limbativentris Stal (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) in rice crop in the State of Maranhão, Brazil]. / Parasitismo de ovos de Tibraca limbativentris Stal (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) na cultura do arroz no Maranhão.

The rice stem bug, Tibraca limbativentris Stal, is an important pest of rice in Brazil. This work evaluated the occurrence of parasitoids in eggs of T.limbativentris egg parasitism in rice crops in the Maranhão State. The eggs collected exhibited an average parasitism of 32%. The parasitoids collected were Telenomus podisi (Ashmead), Trissolcus urichi (Crawford) (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) and Oencyrtus submetallicus (Howard) (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae).

[Occurrence of Aleurocanthus woglumi Ashby (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) in the state of Maranhão, Brazil]. / Ocorrência de Aleurocanthus woglumi Ashby (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) no Maranhão.

Aleurocanthus woglumi Ashby in citrus and mango crops in the state of Maranhão, Brazil, is recorded. Samples of 2003 and 2004 from several counties were identified and deposited in the Insect Collection of the Laboratório de Entomologia of the Núcleo de Biotecnologia Agronômica, Universidade Estadual do Maranhão.