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Key to the Puparia of Common Dipterous Parasites of the Forest Tent Caterpillar, Malacosoma disstria Hbn., in Ontario1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

W. L. Sippell
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During a study of the parasites attacking the forest tent caterpillar, Malacosoma disstria Hbn., a ready means of identifying puparia of the common dipterous parasites proved necessary so that those individuals that failed to develop beyond the puparial stage in laboratory rearings might be identified in advance of lengthy cold treatment and incubation. The following key was therefore developed on the basis of the study of series of puparia associated with adults determined by the Entomology Research Institute. The key includes the ten most common dipterous parasites of the tent caterpillar in Ontario, seven of which have been included in a similar key to the parasites of Malacosoma spp. in British Columbia (Ross 1953). The terminology used in these two keys is similar, and is adapted from Green (1921).

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 93 , Issue 6 , June 1961 , pp. 433 - 436
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1961

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References

1.Greene, C. T. 1921. An illustrated synopsis of the puparia of 100 muscoid flies (Diptera). Proc. U.S.N.M. 60: 1–39.Google Scholar
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