Thermal Requirements of (Hym.: Encyrtidae) and (Hym.: Platygastridae) Parasitizing Eggs (Hem.: Pentatomidae).

Temperature is one of the abiotic factors that strongly influences the biology and behavior of insects. In this study, we assessed the development of egg parasitoids and parasitizing eggs at different temperatures, and estimated the average number of generations for seven representative soybean-producing regions in Brazil. A comparative biology study was conducted, where the percentage of parasitism and emergence, life cycle duration (egg-adult), and longevity were found to be similar between and .