Omalus Sculpticollis As The Main Enemy Of Psenulus Fuscipennis (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae, Crabronidae) In The Crimea, Ukraine
Author
Martynova, K. V.
Author
Fateryga, A. V.
text
Vestnik Zoologii
2014
2014-02-01
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http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/vzoo-2014-0002
journal article
20018
10.2478/vzoo-2014-0002
e88998e1-da5e-43f9-bd14-b625d271dd9b
2073-2333
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Melittobia acasta
Walker, 1839
Melittobia acasta
overtook 7.7 % of
P. fuscipennis
cells and the pressure exerted on the host population is less considerable than the one exerted by
O. sculpticollis
.
M. acasta
attacked also 14 cells (15.9 %) containing
O. sculpticollis
larvae. Consequently,
M. acasta
appeared to be parasitoid and hyperparasitoid at the same time for
P. fuscipennis
and
O. sculpticollis
correspondingly.