
doi: 10.1111/jvec.12102
pmid: 25424256
Competition bioassays were conducted with the filth fly pupal parasitoids Muscidurax raptor (Girault & Sanders) and M. raptorellus (Kogan & Legner) (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) using house fly Musca domestica L. (Diptera: Muscidae) hosts at different host densities. Muscidifurax raptor had a significant impact on M. raptorellus when hosts were limiting in sequential parasitism tests. Fewer than six M. raptorellus adult progeny emerged from groups of 50 fly pupae that were parasitized by M. raptor at the same time or when M. raptor parasitism preceded M. raptorellus by 48 h, respectively, compared with 42-55 M. raptorellus progeny produced when this species was tested alone. Production of M. raptor was significantly lower when parasitism by this species was preceded by M. raptorellus (25) than when M. raptor was tested alone (43). When the two species parasitized hosts at the same time in different proportions at low host:parasitoid densities (5:1), M. raptorellus produced 13 progeny per parent female when it was the sole species present and fewer than two when M. raptor was present. No negative impact of M. raptorellus on M. raptor was observed. Neither species had a substantial effect on the success of the other at higher host:parasitoid densities.
Muscidifurax raptorellus, Muscidae, 590, Pupa, Life Sciences, parasitoids, Hymenoptera, 630, Host-Parasite Interactions, house fly, Muscidifurax raptor, Houseflies, Animals, Musca domestica, Female, biocontrol, Pest Control, Biological
Muscidifurax raptorellus, Muscidae, 590, Pupa, Life Sciences, parasitoids, Hymenoptera, 630, Host-Parasite Interactions, house fly, Muscidifurax raptor, Houseflies, Animals, Musca domestica, Female, biocontrol, Pest Control, Biological
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