Manure Preferences and Postemergence Learning of Two Filth Fly Parasitoids, Spalangia cameroni and Muscidifurax raptor (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 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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A Parasitoid Muscidifurax raptor Girault & Sanders (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae)
EDIS, 2017 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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Laboratory Evaluation of Pupal Parasitoids for Control of the Cornsilk Fly Species, Chaetopsis massyla and Euxesta eluta [PDF]
Insects, 2022 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]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023 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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Evaluation of Pachycrepoideus vindemiae and Muscidifurax raptor (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) as biological control agents of Piophila casei (Diptera: Piophilidae) in ham production facilities [PDF]
Journal of Insect Science, 2023 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]
InsectsStable 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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Ciência Rural, 2001 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]
The Canadian Entomologist, 1987 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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Next‐generation biological control: the need for integrating genetics and genomics [PDF]
Biological Reviews, Volume 95, Issue 6, Page 1838-1854, December 2020., 2020 ABSTRACT Biological control is widely successful at controlling pests, but effective biocontrol agents are now more difficult to import from countries of origin due to more restrictive international trade laws (the Nagoya Protocol). Coupled with increasing demand, the efficacy of existing and new biocontrol agents needs to be improved with genetic and ...
Kelley Leung +37 more
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Host Suitability of House Fly, Musca domestica (Diptera: Muscidae), Pupae Killed by High or Low Temperature Treatment for a Parastoid, Spalangia endius (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) [PDF]
The Scientific World Journal, Volume 2012, Issue 1, 2012., 2012 The objective of this study was to establish a high quality progeny production system for the house fly parasitoid, Spalangia endius (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae), by stockpiling hosts. We performed two host killing methods before host storage: (i) heat‐killed by 30 min exposure to 50°C or (ii) freeze‐killed by 10 min exposure to −80°C.
Kohei Ogawa +6 more
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