Monday, December 11, 2006 - 2:35 PM
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Oviposition behavior of Muscidifurax zaraptor, a pteromalid parasitoid

Alberto Broce, abroce@oznet.ksu.edu, Kansas State University, Department of Entomology, 123 Waters Hall, Manhattan, KS and Tanja McKay, tmckay@astate.edu, Arkansas State University, Department of Biological Sciences, P.O. Box 599, State University, AR.

Muscidifurax zaraptor (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae), a parasitoid of muscoid pupae and used as a biological control agent against stable flies and house flies, exhibits a complex oviposition behavior. An ethogram describes this behavior, including the multiple functions of the ovipositor, and helps explain the parasite induced mortality observed in pest fly pupae.


Species 1: Hymenoptera Pteromalidae Muscidifurax zaraptor
Species 2: Diptera Muscidae Musca domestica

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