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EXORISTOBIA PHILIPPINENSIS, A HYMENOPTERAN ENDOPARASITE OF PUPARIA OF SYNANTHROPIC FLIES (HYMENOPTERA: ENCYRTIDAE: I. HISTOLOGICAL STUDIES OF ITS LIFE CYCLE

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Beng-Chuan Ho
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Singapore, Singapore
Sau-Pheng Kan
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Singapore, Singapore
Kai-Lok Chan
Affiliation:
Vector Control and Research Branch, Ministry of the Environment, Singapore
Agnes Sih
Affiliation:
Vector Control and Research Branch, Ministry of the Environment, Singapore
E. J. LeRoux
Affiliation:
Research Branch, Canada Department of Agriculture, Ottawa

Abstract

Ths paper describes and illustrates, with photomicrographs, the gross histological development of stages of the endoparasitoid Exoristobia philippinensis Ashmead in the puparia of three synanthropic flies under laboratory conditions. The major organ systems, especially nervous, digestive, reproductive and respiratory are traced.

Type
Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1974

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