Intraspecific size variation in polyphagous parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Parasitica), of leaf miners and its relation to host size

SALVO A,; G R, VALLADARES

BIOCONTROL (DORDRECHT)

SPRINGER

Lugar: Berlin; Año: 1995 vol. 40 p. 273 - 280

1386-6141

Wing and body lengths of polyphagous parasitoids of leafminers are analyzed in order to understand the relationship between host and parasitoid sizes. A distinct positive relationship was observed: within each parasitoid species, smaller individuals were reared from smaller hosts. There was no difference between idio- and koinobionts in sexual dimorphism, with females being significantly larger than males in both groups.