RELATIONSHIP OF AN APHID PARASITOIDS LARVAL GROWTH-CHARACTERISTICS AND MUMMY WEIGHT

Authors
REED DK HAMISSOU T BURD JD ELLIOTT NC KINDLER SD
Citation
Dk. Reed et al., RELATIONSHIP OF AN APHID PARASITOIDS LARVAL GROWTH-CHARACTERISTICS AND MUMMY WEIGHT, The Southwestern entomologist, 18(4), 1993, pp. 245-250
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
The Southwestern entomologist → ACNP
ISSN journal
01471724
Volume
18
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
245 - 250
Database
ISI
SICI code
0147-1724(1993)18:4<245:ROAAPL>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Comparisons of mummy weight with age and developmental stage of the im mature parasitoid at weighing times and age of aphids at time of paras itization indicated that mummy weight was not a reliable predictor of parasitoid development. Measures of adult parasitoid weight, body size , and time to maturation provided better estimates of development. His tological analysis of parasitized aphids showed the typical Aphidiid l ife cycle with the exception that an additional stage, previously term ed an ''embryo'', was observed.