Perilitus brevicollis
| Perilitus brevicollis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Braconidae |
| Genus: | Perilitus |
| Species: | P. brevicollis |
| Binomial name | |
| Perilitus brevicollis (Haliday, 1835) | |
Perilitus brevicollis is a parasitoidal insect. Like some other Hymenopterans, it can reproduce through thelytokous parthenogenesis .[1] P. brevicollis spends most of its larval stage developing inside the blue willow beetle (Phratora vulgatissima) .[2]
References
- ↑ K.O. Baffoe, P. Dalin, G. Nordlander, J.A. Stenberg (2012). "PImportance of temperature for the performance and biocontrol efficiency of the parasitoid Perilitus brevicollis (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) on Salix". Biological Control 57: 611–618. doi:10.1007/s10526-012-9443-5.
- ↑ J.A. Stenberg (2012). "Plant-mediated effects of different Salix species on the performance of the braconid parasitoid Perilitus brevicollis". Biological Control 60: 54–58. doi:10.1016/j.biocontrol.2011.09.004.
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