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A Comparison of Fitness-Related Traits in the Coleopteran Parasitoid Dastarcus helophoroides (Coleoptera: Bothrideridae) Reared on Two Factitious Hosts.
Journal of economic entomology - 9 Dec 2020
Shi Haoni, Zhou Jiaying, Chen Yuansheng, Wang Qinzhao, Pan Youliang, Zhang Jiangtao, Liu Xingping
Abstract excerpt
The coleopteran parasitoid Dastarcus helophoroides (Fairmaire) (Coleoptera: Bothrideridae) is considered an efficient preventative method against the damage caused by a large number of cerambycid pests in China and other East Asian countries. Mass rearing of this parasitoid depends on screening appropriate factitious hosts. In this paper, the fitness-related traits of this parasitic beetle were explored using...
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