1991
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.1991.tb00553.x
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Life history of Spalangia gemina Boucek (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae), a fast‐breeding microhymenopteran pupal parasitoid of muscoid flies

Abstract: Laboratory studies at 25.5 degrees C and 70-75% r.h. demonstrated that the average daily survival rate for females of the parasitoid Spalangia gemina Boucek (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) was 0.907 over a 20-day period, with 50% mortality in 17.3 days. Mean immature developmental time of S.gemina was 22 days and the population growth rate was c. 40-fold per generation. The females successfully parasitized 1-, 2- and 3-day-old pupae of Musca domestica L. and parasitism of 98-100% was obtained at parasitoid to host… Show more

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“…N. vitripennis is a cosmopolitan species (Whiting 1967;Darling and Werren 1990;Yoder et al 1994) and has been intensely investigated in the subject of genetic, ecological, evolutionary, and developmental research over the last 50 years (Darling and Werren 1990;Grassberger and Frank 2003;Steiner et al 2006;Gadau et al 2008). The wasps are commercially supplied and widely used for the control of the housefly Musca domestica L. and the stable fly Stomoxys calcitrans L. in dairies and poultry houses (Mandeville et al 1990;Morgan et al 1991;Grassberger and Frank 2003) as well as on feedlots (Floate et al 1999;Grassberger and Frank 2003). However, little information exists on the ability of pupal parasitoids such as N. vitripennis to parasite necrophagous fly pupae located at various depths.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…N. vitripennis is a cosmopolitan species (Whiting 1967;Darling and Werren 1990;Yoder et al 1994) and has been intensely investigated in the subject of genetic, ecological, evolutionary, and developmental research over the last 50 years (Darling and Werren 1990;Grassberger and Frank 2003;Steiner et al 2006;Gadau et al 2008). The wasps are commercially supplied and widely used for the control of the housefly Musca domestica L. and the stable fly Stomoxys calcitrans L. in dairies and poultry houses (Mandeville et al 1990;Morgan et al 1991;Grassberger and Frank 2003) as well as on feedlots (Floate et al 1999;Grassberger and Frank 2003). However, little information exists on the ability of pupal parasitoids such as N. vitripennis to parasite necrophagous fly pupae located at various depths.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…KEY WORDS: Entomopathogenic fungus, biological control a pest (Bellows et al 1992) and to analyze the possibilities of success in a parasitoid release, in rural facilities, for the control of synanthropic dipterans (Morgan et al 1989). On the other hand, the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana (Bals.)…”
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“…Este valor, nesta mesma temperatura, para fêmeas de outros parasitóides que se desenvolvem em pupas de mosca doméstica foi, em média, de 20 (Morgan et al, 1979) e 19,5 dias (Geden, 1997) para M. raptor, 22 (Morgan et al, 1991), 25,4 (Costa, 1995 e 27,8 dias (Geden, 1997) para S. gemina e 30 e 27,1 dias para S. cameroni (Geden, 1997).…”
Section: Resultsunclassified
“…Trabalhos demonstrando a influência da temperatura no desenvolvimento de parasitóides pupais de mosca doméstica, que são os principais responsáveis pela redução populacional de dípteros nocivos, na fase de pupa, em aviários, foram feitos por Axtell & Arends (1990 No Brasil existem muitos aviários, cujas aves produzem excrementos em quantidade, com grande proliferação de moscas, o que torna favorável o emprego de liberações de parasitóides para controle desses dípteros nocivos (Berti Filho et al, 1996). Informações básicas das principais espécies desses parasitóides ainda são escassas, à exceção de alguns trabalhos de levantamento populacional como os de Berti Filho et al (1989), Pinheiro et al (1989), Bruno et al (1992), Sereno & Neves (1993), Monteiro (1995) e de biologia como o de Costa (1995). O parasitóide Muscidifurax uniraptor, espécie partenogenética telítoca descrita por Kogan & Legner (1970) ocorre em aviários do Estado de São Paulo (Berti Filho et al, 1989) parasitando pupas de mosca doméstica.…”
Section: Introductionunclassified
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