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HYMENOPTEROUS PARASITES OF THE HORN FLY, HAEMATOBIA IRRITANS (DIPTERA: MUSCIDAE), IN ALBERTA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

K. R. Depner
Affiliation:
Research Station, Canada Department of Agriculture, Lethbridge, Alberta

Abstract

Parasitism of Haematobia irritans (L.) was studied in six regions of Alberta differing in climate, soil, and vegetation. All of the eight parasites discovered were Hymenoptera: five belonged to the Pteromalidae, two to the Ichneumonidae, and one to the Cynipidae.

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Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1968

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