Analyzing the Mass-Rearing System of the California Red Scale Parasitoid Aphytis melinus (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) [PDF]
Results from studies to improve mass rearing production of the parasitoid Aphytis melinus De Bach (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) are presented. Parasitoid production was carried out following standard commercial procedures using an alternative host ...
Castillo, María L.+1 more
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Pollination by sexual deception via pro‐pheromone mimicry?
New Phytologist, Volume 246, Issue 6, Page 2416-2424, June 2025.
Ryan D. Phillips+6 more
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To understand the factors governing the diversity, abundance and host associations of parasitoids attacking frugivorous drosophilid flies on Iriomote-jima, a subtropical island of Japan, we monitored parasitism on several occasions over the period 2003 ...
Biljana NOVKOVIĆ+4 more
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Exploratory Survey for the Emerald Ash Borer, \u3ci\u3eAgrilus Planipennis\u3c/i\u3e (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), and Its Natural Enemies in China [PDF]
An exploratory survey for the emerald ash borer, Agrilus planipennis, and its natural enemies was conducted in China during October and November 2003. We examined 29 field plots in six provinces.
Bauer, Leah S+5 more
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A survey of braconid wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Euphorinae, Homolobinae, Macrocentrinae, Rogadinae) in Kerman province, southeastern Iran [PDF]
The fauna of the braconid subfamilies Euphorinae, Homolobinae, Macrocentrinae and Rogadinae were studied in Kerman province. Specimens were collected using Malaise traps and sweeping net during 2013–2014.
Fatemeh Abdolalizadeh+3 more
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Life table data of natural enemies are often used to understand their population dynamics and estimate their potential role in the biological control of pests.
Juracy Caldeira LINS+4 more
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Iranian Braconidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea): diversity, distribution and host association [PDF]
An annotated list for all species recorded from the territory of Iran during more than a hundred years (1901–2016) of research is given. A checklist of 780 species in 141 genera belonging to 26 subfamilies of Braconidae known from Iran is listed, among ...
Samira Farahani+2 more
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Body size is a standard criterion of quality control in insect rearing and often assumed to correlate with fitness in parasitoid wasps, but various metrics of body size can be used.
Mohammad AMERI+3 more
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A catalogue of the Braconidae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonoidea) of Eritrea
Madl, Michael (2022): A catalogue of the Braconidae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonoidea) of Eritrea.
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Natural Enemies of Alfalfa Weevil, \u3ci\u3eHypera Postica\u3c/i\u3e (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), in Minnesota [PDF]
Alfalfa weevil, Hypera postica, is present throughout Minnesota. How- ever, economically damaging populations seldom occur, due to a combination of natural enemies and adverse climatic conditions.
Flanders, Kathy L+2 more
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