Manure Preferences and Postemergence Learning of Two Filth Fly Parasitoids, Spalangia cameroni and Muscidifurax raptor (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae). [PDF]
The efficiency of host-seeking behavior is crucial to the reproductive performance of female parasitoids. Initially, parasitoids may use chemical information garnered from the microhabitat in which they emerge to locate hosts.
Caitlin E Taylor +3 more
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Laboratory Evaluation of Pupal Parasitoids for Control of the Cornsilk Fly Species, Chaetopsis massyla and Euxesta eluta [PDF]
Cornsilk flies are serious pests of sweet corn through damage to cobs and secondary fungal establishment. As pupae are generally outside the infested cob on the ground, there can be potential for use of pupal parasitoids for control.
Sandra A. Allan +2 more
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New insights into the genome and transmission of the microsporidian pathogen Nosema muscidifuracis [PDF]
IntroductionNosema is a diverse genus of unicellular microsporidian parasites of insects and other arthropods. Nosema muscidifuracis infects parasitoid wasp species of Muscidifurax zaraptor and M.
Xiao Xiong +9 more
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A Parasitoid Muscidifurax raptor Girault & Sanders (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae)
Includes: Introduction - Synonymy - Distribution - Life Cycle and Description - Hosts - Economic Importance - Selected References Previously published on the Featured Creatures website at http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/BENEFICIAL/WASPS ...
Nicholas S.G. Tucker, Philip E. Kaufman
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Evaluation of Pachycrepoideus vindemiae and Muscidifurax raptor (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) as biological control agents of Piophila casei (Diptera: Piophilidae) in ham production facilities. [PDF]
Abstract Ham products play a fundamental role in the Italian economy, and attention to the problems of this sector is essential. The products of this sector can be attacked by parasites, which can cause direct and indirect damage. Piophila casei (L.) (Diptera: Piophilidae) a cheese and meat parasite, is currently responsible for hygiene ...
Missere D, Martini A, Burgio G.
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An Integrated Pest Management Strategy Approach for the Management of the Stable Fly Stomoxys calcitrans (Diptera: Muscidae) [PDF]
Stable flies, Stomoxys calcitrans, stand as formidable pests with a global impact, inflicting significant economic losses on the livestock sector. Larval development occurs in diverse substrates, including decomposing plant material and manure, while ...
Mikel A. González +5 more
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Muscidifurax raptor Girault & Sanders, 1910 e Pachycrepoideus vindemiae Rondani, 1875 (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) em pupas de Sarcophagula occidua Fabricius, 1794 (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) em fezes bovinas no Brasil Muscidifurax raptor Girault & Sanders, 1910 AND Pachycrepoideus vindemiae Rondani, 1875 (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) in pupaes of Sarcophagula occidua Fabricius, 1794 (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) in catlle dung in Brazil [PDF]
A primeira ocorrência dos parasitóides Muscidifurax raptor Girault & Sanders, 1910 e Pachycrepoideus vindemiae Rondani, 1875 em pupários de Sarcophagula occidua Fabricius, 1794 em fezes bovinas no Brasil é relatada.
Carlos Henrique Marchiori +4 more
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TRANSFER OF THELYTOKY TO ARRHENOTOKOUS MUSCIDIFURAX RAPTOR GIRAULT AND SANDERS (HYMENOPTERA: PTEROMALIDAE) [PDF]
AbstractThelytokous reproduction was developed and fixed in arrhenotokous Muscidifurax raptor Girault and Sanders by mating hybrid females, of interhemispheric strains, with naturally occurring males of M. uniraptor Kogan and Legner. A change in ovipositional behavior was shown by these mated hybrid females which subsequently produced thelytokous Fx ...
Kapongo J.P., Kevan P.G., Giliomee J.H.
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Abstract Muscididfurax raptor , a pupal parasitoid of house flies and other filth flies, is commonly infected with the microsporidium Nosema muscidifuracis . To determine the effects of infection on developmental time, uninfected and infected adult M. raptor were allowed to parasitize pupae of the house fly ( Musca domestica ) for 24 h.
Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida Gainesville, FL, USA ( host institution ) +3 more
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Abstract An undetermined microsporidium was found infecting Muscidifurax raptor, a parasitoid of muscoid flies. Housefly hosts of the parasitoid in culture were not infected. Spores were present in newly deposited parasitoid eggs and vertical transmission experiments indicated 100% efficiency of maternal transmission.
E. Zchori-Fein, C.J. Geden, D.A. Rutz
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