INTRASPECIFIC SIZE VARIATION IN POLYPHAGOUS PARASITOIDS (HYM, PARASITICA), OF LEAF MINERS AND ITS RELATION TO HOST SIZE

Authors
SALVO A VALLADARES G
Citation
A. Salvo et G. Valladares, INTRASPECIFIC SIZE VARIATION IN POLYPHAGOUS PARASITOIDS (HYM, PARASITICA), OF LEAF MINERS AND ITS RELATION TO HOST SIZE, Entomophaga, 40(2), 1995, pp. 273-280
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
Entomophaga → ACNP
ISSN journal
00138959
Volume
40
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
273 - 280
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-8959(1995)40:2<273:ISVIPP>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
Wing and body lengths of polyphagous parasitoids of leafminers are ana lyzed in order to understand the relationship between host and parasit oid sizes. A distinct positive relationship was observed: within each parasitoid species, smaller individuals were reared from smaller hosts . There was no difference between idio- and koinobionts in sexual dimo rphism, with females being significantly larger than males in both gro ups.