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The insect Parasites of the Carrot Fly, Psila rosae, Fab.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

D. W. Wright ,
Q. A. Geering  and
D. G. Ashby
D. W. Wright
Affiliation:
School of Agriculture, Cambridge.
Q. A. Geering
Affiliation:
School of Agriculture, Cambridge.
D. G. Ashby
Affiliation:
School of Agriculture, Cambridge.
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Four insect parasites of the carrot fly have been encountered and of these three have been identified as Dacnusa gracilis, Loxotropa tritoma, and Aleochara sparsa. The fourth is a member of the genus Kleidotoma, species not yet ascertained.

The life-history, development and host relations of D. gracilis and L. tritoma are given together with data on their distribution and range of parasitism.

L. tritoma also occurs as a hyperparasite of D. gracilis but this appears to be quite fortuitous.

Experimental evidence is brought forward to show that the first instar larva of L. tritoma goes into a diapause in early July, that a period at a low temperature is necessary to break this and hence development is only completed in the following spring.

A description is given of the three larval stages of A. sparsa.

Brief reference is made to the Kleidotoma sp. which appears to be of rare occurrence.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 37 , Issue 4 , March 1947 , pp. 507 - 529
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1947

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