The biosystematic relations between a thelytokous and an arrhenotokous form ofAphytis mytilaspidis (Le Baron) [Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae] |
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Authors: | Y Rössler P DeBach |
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Institution: | (1) Division of Bio-Control, University of California at Riverside, Calif., USA |
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Abstract: | Biological and morphological characters of the thelytokous and arrhenotokous forms ofA. mytilaspidis and their hybrids were investigated. Some biological differences between the thelytokous and arrhenotokous forms were found. The former is adapted to warmer condition and will parasitizeHemiberlesia lataniae as well asDiaspis echinocacti, while the latter will not parasitizeH. lataniae. The overall fecundity of the thelytokous form is lower than that of the arrhenotokous form, whereas the “effective fecundity”, female progeny per female parent, is higher in the thelytokous form. Apart from the no. of setae in the wings delta, there are no distinguishing morphological characters between the arrhenotokous and thelytokous forms. |
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