Primary parasitoid and hyperparasitoid guilds (hymenoptera) of grain aphid (Sitobion avenae F.) in northern Poland
The aim of this study was to determine and compare the guilds of parasitic Hymenoptera associated with the grain aphid on rye and winter wheat in northern Poland. Of the seven species of primary parasitoids (Braconidae: Aphidiinae, Aphelinidae), parasitizing colonies of Sitobion avenae, the...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Belgrade, University of Novi Sad
2015-01-01
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| Series: | Archives of Biological Sciences |
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| Online Access: | http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0354-4664/2015/0354-46641400038B.pdf |
| Summary: | The aim of this study was to determine and compare the guilds of parasitic
Hymenoptera associated with the grain aphid on rye and winter wheat in
northern Poland. Of the seven species of primary parasitoids (Braconidae:
Aphidiinae, Aphelinidae), parasitizing colonies of Sitobion avenae, the most
numerous and most frequently occurring, included Praon volucre, Aphidius ervi
and Aphidius uzbekistanicus. Primary parasitoids of grain aphids were largely
eliminated by hyperparasitoids, mostly of the families Megaspilidae
(Dendrocerus carpenteri), Figitidae-Alloxystini (Alloxysta spp. and
Phaenoglyphis villosa) and Pteromalidae (Pachyneuron aphidis, Asaphes
vulgaris, Coruna clavata), but D. carpenteri and Alloxysta spp. belonged to
dominants and subdominants, respectively. |
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| ISSN: | 0354-4664 1821-4339 |