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Prediction studies on number of teratocytes and eggs of Microplitis rufiventris Kok. (Hym., Braconidae) parasitoid in superparasitized host larvae
Authors:W. E. Khafagi  E. M. Hegazi   S. Showail
Affiliation:Plant Protection Research Institute, Sabahia, Alexandria, Egypt;;Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
Abstract:Microplitis rufiventris Kok. (Hym., Braconidae) is an internal solitary parasitoid of many noctuid caterpillars including the cotton leafworm Spodoptera littoralis (Boisd.) ( Kokujev 1914 ; Hammad et al. 1965 ; Gerling 1969 ), the lesser cotton worm S. exigua Hbn. ( Meier 1929 ; Thompson 1946 ; El-Minshawy 1963 ); S. latebrosa Lederer ( Hammad et al. 1965 ) and American bollworm Heliothis armigera Hbn. ( Meier 1929 ; Ibrahim & Tawfik 1975 ). When the egg of M. rufiventris hatches in its host, S. littoralis, spherical cells from the serosa that envelope the parasitoid embryo are released into the host’s haemolymph. Approximately 400 cells are liberated from an egg of the parasitoid. These cells increase in size, reaching a maximum average diameter of 137 μm at the completion of parasitoid development ( Khafagi 1997 ). These cells are most frequently called ‘teratocytes’ ( — 1968 , 1971; Vinson 1970 ). It is reported that the presence of large numbers of the teratocytes is indicative of superparasitism but their number does not give an indication to the exact number of parasitoid eggs from which the cells have been derived ( —, — Khafagi et al. 1998 ) . Therefore, it was of interest to initiate prediction studies on egg and teratocyte numbers in superparasitized host larvae.
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