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Body size classification of the egg parasitoid Trichogramma pretiosum (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 December 2022

Diego Souza Open the ORCID record for Diego Souza [Opens in a new window]  and
Lucas Del Bianco Faria Open the ORCID record for Lucas Del Bianco Faria [Opens in a new window]
Diego Souza*
Affiliation:
Graduate Program in Entomology, Department of Entomology, Federal University of Lavras, Mailbox 3037, Lavras, Minas Gerais, 37200-900, Brazil
Lucas Del Bianco Faria
Affiliation:
Departamento de Ecologia e Conservação, Institute of Natural Science, Federal University of Lavras, Mailbox 3037, Lavras, Minas Gerais, 37200-900, Brazil
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*Corresponding author. Email: desouza.diego@live.com
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Abstract

Parasitoid body size has been used as an indicator of fitness and its capability to parasitise hosts in the field, but studies that have investigated this relationship have disagreed. In the present study, we investigated the relationship between the two most common body parts used in body size classification and tried to select groups of small and large parasitoids by discriminant analysis. We found that groups with small or large individuals differ from each other only when the two body parts were used to classify them. We conclude that using just one body part to estimate the size of Trichogramma pretiosum Riley, 1879 (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) could be misleading and that caution is needed when defining small and large individuals.

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Scientific Note
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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 154 , Issue 1 , 2022 , e52
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© The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Entomological Society of Canada

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Subject editor: Katie Marshall

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