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1 June 2003 Temperature and Food Source Effects on Adult Longevity of Apanteles galleriae Wilkinson (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)
Fevzi˙ Uçkan, Ekrem Ergi˙n
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We investigated the effects of temperature and food sources on the longevity of Apanteles galleriae Wilkinson (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), a koinobiont solitary larval endoparasitoid reared on Achroia grisella F. (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Adults were supplied with one of the seven food types (comb without honey; pure honey; 50%, 30%, or 10% honey solutions; glycerin; or water) or kept water- and food-deprived at each temperature (0, 10, 20, 30, 40°C). Adult parasitoids provided with honey solutions lived the longest at 10°C. Maximum mean longevity was 47.1 and 42.0 d for males and females, respectively, fed on 30% honey solution at 10°C. Longevity of adults did not differ markedly by sex at each temperature across all food treatments. Longevity of females fed a honey solution was slightly but not significantly shorter than males at optimal temperatures (10 and 20°C). However, females provided comb without honey or kept food- and water-deprived lived significantly longer than males. Our results may be of value for biological control applications and in developing mass rearing techniques for A. galleriae.

Fevzi˙ Uçkan and Ekrem Ergi˙n "Temperature and Food Source Effects on Adult Longevity of Apanteles galleriae Wilkinson (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)," Environmental Entomology 32(3), 441-446, (1 June 2003). https://doi.org/10.1603/0046-225X-32.3.441
Received: 8 July 2002; Accepted: 1 February 2003; Published: 1 June 2003
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KEYWORDS
Apanteles galleriae
biological control
food source
longevity
temperature
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