AN HYMENOPTEROUS INSECT, THE PARASITOID ITOPLECTIS CONQUISITOR, REARED AXENICALLY ON A CHEMICALLY-DEFINED SYNTHETIC DIET

1 October 1970

journal article
Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The Canadian Entomologist

Vol. 102 (10) , 1304-1306
https://doi.org/10.4039/ent1021304-10

Abstract

An unique development in insect dietetics is announced, namely, the rearing of an hymenopteran — Itoplectis conquisitor (Say), an ichneumonid endoparasitoid of other insects — axenically on a chemically-defined synthetic diet. First heuristic attempts produced a yield of about 17% adults.

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