Population Dynamics of Telenomus Fariai (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae), A Parasite of Chagas' Disease Vectors: II. Effect of host-egg age
- 25 August 1970
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Medical Entomology
- Vol. 7 (4) , 477-481
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jmedent/7.4.477
Abstract
Age of Triatoma phyllosoma pallidipennis eggs was found to have a clear influence on the parasite Telenomus fariai. Parasite developmental time is shorter at intermediate host-egg ages. Female parasite progeny per host egg is larger at intermediate host-egg ages. Percent parasitism decreases with older host-egg ages. No influence was found on the sex ratio of the parasite's progeny. Some of the results are interpreted in evolutionary terms, and a practical recommendation for laboratory mass rearing of the parasite is given.Keywords
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