MORPHOMETRIC STUDY OF ANAGRUS GIRAULTI CRAWFORD (HYMENOPTERA: MYMARIDAE) REARED FROM EGGS OF THREE DIFFERENT CICADELLID HOSTS

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Abstract
Morphometric analysis was studied on the measurements of the forewings, ovipositor, hind tibia, and antenna of female Anagrus giraulti Crawford reared from the following hosts: Circulifer tenellus Baker, Empoasca fabae (Harris), and Scaphytopius nitridus (DeLong). Results showed that A. giraulti emerging from E. fabae had significantly shorter antennal segments, ovipositor, and tibia III than those reared from the other two host species. Host eggs of C. tenellus produced female A. giraulti with significantly longer wing lengths than did the other two species and wider wing widths than did E. fabae.