Biological attributes of diapausing and non-diapausing Doryctobracon areolatus (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), a parasitoid of Anastrepha spp. (Diptera, Tephritidae) fruit flies

Doryctobracon areolatus (Szépligeti), a solitary endoparasitoid native to the Neotropics, attacks eggs and early instar larvae of Anastrepha fruit flies, and can enter diapause under tropical and subtropical conditions. We aimed to test if biological attributes, such as size, flight ability, starvat...

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Main Authors: Jassmin Cruz-Bustos, Pablo Montoya, Gabriela Pérez-Lachaud, Javier Valle-Mora, Pablo Liedo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2020-08-01
Series:Journal of Hymenoptera Research
Online Access:https://jhr.pensoft.net/article/52269/download/pdf/