کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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4504223 | 1321079 | 2011 | 7 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |

Platygaster robiniae Buhl and Duso (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) is a gregarious, koinobiont endoparasitoid of the locust gall midge, Obolodiplosis robiniae (Haldeman) (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae). P. robiniae is an egg-larval parasitoid, parasitizing eggs of O. robiniae and emerging from the host larvae. The eggs of the wasp develop monembryonically with a prolonged embryonic stage. After hatching, the parasitoid undergoes only two larval instars, and total development time from egg to adult takes about 28 days to complete. The life cycle of a parasitoid generation is synchronized with that of its host; the adult wasps’ emergence coincides with that of the host, so that they can parasitize the host eggs.
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► Platygaster robiniae Buhl and Duso (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) is a gregarious koinobiont endoparasitoid of Obolodiplosis robiniae (Haldeman) (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae).
► The life cycle and development of the parasite is described. P. robiniae is an egg-larval parasitoid, parasitizing eggs of O. robiniae.
► The life cycle of a parasitoid generation is perfectly synchronized with that of the host.
Journal: Biological Control - Volume 57, Issue 1, April 2011, Pages 24–30