Original Research Article I Volume 5 I Issue 4 I 2017

Studies on reproductive efficiency and biometric parameters of progeny adults of Nesolynx thymus (Girault) (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) - a parasitoid of Exorista bombycis (louis) (Diptera: Tachinidae) subjected to higher temperature

S. H. Divya and K. Sathya Prasad

Biolife; 2017, 5(4), pp 468-473

DOI:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7389498

Abstract:

Of the various factors, which influence the developmental characteristics of the parasitoid, the occurrence of high degree of sensitivity to temperature among the parasitoid is considered to be one of the drawbacks in biological control programmes of the pests using parasitoids. In the backdrop of this, initially, an attempt was made know whether Nesolynx thymus an indigenous, gregarious ecto-pupal parasitoid, would complete its life cycle at temperatures between 30 and 35°C.

Keywords:

Exorista bombycis, ecto-pupal parasitoid, Nesolynx thymus, biometric characters, developmental temperature

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Article Dates:

Received: 2 October 2017; Accepted: 20 November 2017; Published: 3 December October 2017

How To Cite:

S. H. Divya, & K. Sathya Prasad. (2022). Studies on reproductive efficiency and biometric parameters of progeny adults of Nesolynx thymus (Girault) (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) – a parasitoid of Exorista bombycis (louis) (Diptera: Tachinidae) subjected to higher temperature. Biolife, 5(4), 468–473. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7389498