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AN HYMENOPTEROUS INSECT, THE PARASITOID ITOPLECTIS CONQUISITOR, REARED AXENICALLY ON A CHEMICALLY-DEFINED SYNTHETIC DIET

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

S. Yazgan  and
H. L. House
S. Yazgan
Affiliation:
Research Institute, Canada Department of Agriculture, Belleville, Ontario
H. L. House
Affiliation:
Research Institute, Canada Department of Agriculture, Belleville, Ontario
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Abstract

An unique development in insect dietetics is announced, namely, the rearing of an hymenopteran — Itoplectis conquisitor (Say), an ichneumonid endoparasitoid of other insects — axenically on a chemically-defined synthetic diet. First heuristic attempts produced a yield of about 17% adults.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 102 , Issue 10 , October 1970 , pp. 1304 - 1306
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1970

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