INVESTIGADORES
RABINOVICH Jorge Eduardo
artículos
Título:
Population Dynamics of Telenomus fariai (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae), a Parasite of Chagas' Disease Vectors. II Effect of host-egg age
Autor/es:
JORGE RABINOVICH
Revista:
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY
Editorial:
ENTOMOLOGICAL SOC AMER
Referencias:
Lugar: Lanham; Año: 1970 p. 477 - 481
ISSN:
0022-2585
Resumen:
Age of Triatoma phyllosoma pallidipennis eggs was found to have a clear influence on the parasite Telenomus fariai. Parasite developmental time is shorter at intermediate host-egg ages. Female parasite progeny per host egg is larger at intermediate host-egg ages. Percent parasitism decreases with older host-egg ages. No influence was found on the sex ratio of the parasite's progeny. Some of the results are interpreted in evolutionary terms, and a practical recommendation for laboratory' mass rearing of the parasite is given.
