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BIOLOGY OF PARASTIC HYMENOPTERA
G.
Gordh, E. F. Legner and L. E. Caltagirone
Introduction 355
Definitions 355
Important Anatomical Features of Parasitoids 356 Parasitic Hymenoptera
Important in Biological Control 357 The Parasitica 357 Aculeata 360 Principal Aspects of Parasitoid
Biology 360 Developmental Stages
360 Oogenesis-Ovisorption-Spermatogenesis 363
Oviposition Strategy and Progeny Number 364
Sex Regulation 364 Host-Feeding 366 Diapause in Parasitoids
367 Genetics 367 Selective Breeding
368 Ecology of Parasitic
Hymenoptera 368 Habitat Location 368 Host Location 369 Host Acceptance 369 Parasitoid Attack and Host Defenses 370 Host Suitability 370 Summary 370 References 371 |