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COLOUR VARIABILITY AMONG FEMALES OF MICROCTONUS VITTATAE (HYMENOPTERA: BRACONIDAE)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

H. G. Wylie
H. G. Wylie
Affiliation:
Agriculture Canada, Research Station, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2M9
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Abstract

Females of Microctonus vittatae Muesebeck reared at 20°C were darker in colour than females reared at 25°C but were lighter than those reared at 15°C. Temperature during the parasite’s larval or pupal development in the cocoon, or both, was apparently responsible for the colour differences. The observed effect of temperature is probably also associated with colour variability among adults of M. vittatae field-collected throughout the season.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 112 , Issue 8 , 01 August 1980 , pp. 771 - 774
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1980

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