ABSTRACT
A total of 7,684 specimens belonging to 26 families of Parasitic Hymenoptera were collected in trails inside Núcleo Grajaúna, Rio Verde of the Juréia-Itatins Ecological Reserve (24º31’06” S / 47º12’06” O), located in an area of the Atlantic Forest in Iguape, SP, Brazil during may 2002. Braconidae, Scelionidae, Diapriidae, Eulophidae, Ceraphronidae, Platygastridae, Ichneumonidae, Figitidae, Encyrtidae, Bethylidae and Mymaridae were the most common families, with relative abundance of 27.5%, 18.8%, 11.3%, 8.6%, 7.0%, 6.5%, 4.5%, 3.9%, 3.5%, 2.5% and 2.0% respectively. Fifteen families presented the relative frequency lower than 2.0%.
KEY WORDS
Abundance; Atlantic Forest; Hymenoptera; parasitoids; survey
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