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MORPHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENT, AND BEHAVIOR OF THE IMMATURE STAGES OF THE PARASITE BATHYPLECTES ANURUS (HYMENOPTERA: ICHNEUMONIDAE)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

D. P. Bartell  and
B. C. Pass
D. P. Bartell
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, University of Kentucky, Lexington 40506
B. C. Pass
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, University of Kentucky, Lexington 40506
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Abstract

Observations, measurements, dissections, and histological preparations were made daily of the eggs and larvae of Bathyplectes anurus (Thomson) while in their host, Hypera postica (Gyllenhal) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Observation of development began 24 h after oviposition and ended when parasite larvae emerged from their hosts.

Parasite eggs doubled in length and width during their 3- to 4-day incubation period. Parasite larvae fed on hemolymph initially but later instars preferred the fat body and other tissues. B. anurus has five instars. From 18 to 21 days were required for the larvae to complete development and total development time was 21–25 days at 21 ± 1 °C.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 112 , Issue 5 , 01 May 1980 , pp. 481 - 487
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1980

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