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Host specialization of parasitoids and their hyperparasitoids on a pair of syntopic aphid species.
Bulletin of entomological research - 1 Oct 2013
Schär Sämi, Vorburger Christoph
Abstract excerpt
Parasitoids of herbivorous insects have frequently evolved specialized lineages exploiting hosts occurring on different plants. This study investigated whether host specialization is also observed when closely related parasitoids exploit herbivorous hosts sharing the same host plant. The question was addressed in economically relevant aphid parasitoids of the Lysiphlebus fabarum group. They exploit two aphid...
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