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TAXONOMY AND BIOLOGY OF CHALCIDOID AND PROCTOTRUPOID HYMENOPTERA ASSOCIATED WITH DASINEURA BALSAMICOLA (DIPTERA: CECIDOMYIIDAE) IN MAINE

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

M. W. MacGown  and
E. A. Osgood Jr.
M. W. MacGown
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, University of Maine, Orono
E. A. Osgood Jr.
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, University of Maine, Orono
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Abstract

Seventeen species of parasitic Hymenoptera were found associated with balsam gall midge in Maine. Tetrastichus marcovitchi (Cwfd.), Tetrastichus sp. near solidaginis Burks, Plalygaster mainensis MacG. and Osgd., and P. abicollis MacG. and Osgd. were the most abundant known parasites, while several other species, some of uncertain status, were less frequently encountered. A key is presented for commonly encountered species, and details of the life histories are given for important midge parasites.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 104 , Issue 8 , August 1972 , pp. 1259 - 1269
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1972

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