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First Record of Perilitus coccinellae (Schrank) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) as a Parasite of Coccinella novemnotata Hbst. and Coleomegilla maculata lengi Timb. (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in Canada1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Marcel Hudon
Marcel Hudon
Affiliation:
Crop Insect Section, Science Service Laboratory, St. Jean, Que.
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In 1955 and 1956, while sampling corn stalks for larvae of the European corn borer in experimental plots at St. Jean, the author noted 23 adults of Coleomegilla maculata lengi Timb. and two adults of Coccinella novemnotata Hbst. that were parasitized and attached to the upper surfaces of corn leaves. Each beetle was astride a freshly formed cocoon and was held by a network of silk; many were alive when found. The parasite cocoons and the hosts were placed in closed petri dishesfor observation. The parasites that emerged were identified by Dr. W. R. M. Mason, Entomology Division, Ottawa,as Perilitus coccinellae (Schrank) (= Dinocampus terminatus (Nees).

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 91 , Issue 1 , January 1959 , pp. 63 - 64
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1959

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