NOTE ONCYRTOGASTER VULGARISWALKER (HYMENOPTERA: PTEROMALIDAE), A SECONDARY PARASITE OF THE ALFALFA BLOTCH LEAFMINER (DIPTERA: AGROMYZIDAE), WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF THE IMMATURE STAGES
Abstract:Can. Ent. 121: 929-932 (1989) Cyrtogaster vulgaris Walker, a pupal parasite of the alfalfa blotch leafminer, Agromyza frontella (Rondani), acts as a secondary agent as well. The adults, which deposit their eggs within host puparia, apparently do not discriminate between healthy leafminers and those parasitized by Dacnusa dryas (Nixon). The egg and larval cephalic structures of C. vulgaris are described and illustrated and the final-instar larval skins of the two parasite species are compared.
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“…It is a solitary puparial dipteran endoparasitoid. Guppy and Meloche ( 1989) reported it acts as a primary (obligate), but sometimes as a facultative hyperparasitoid in Agromyza frontella ( Rondani ) ( Dipt. : Agromyzidae).…”
“…It is a solitary puparial dipteran endoparasitoid. Guppy and Meloche ( 1989) reported it acts as a primary (obligate), but sometimes as a facultative hyperparasitoid in Agromyza frontella ( Rondani ) ( Dipt. : Agromyzidae).…”
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