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Identification of Bombyliid Parasites and Hyperparasites of Phalaenidae of the Prairie Provinces of Canada, with Descriptions of Six Other Bombyliid Pupae (Diptera)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

A. R. Brooks
A. R. Brooks
Affiliation:
Systematic Entomology Unit, Laboratory of Entomology, Saskatoon, Sask.
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For many years studies of cutworm bionomics and control, especially of pest species, have been carried on in the Prairie Provinces of Canada. During these studies a number of cutworm parasites and hyperparasites of the bombyliid genera Poecilanthrax Osten Sacken, Villa Lioy, and Hemipenther Loew have been encountered. These species do not appear to be important factors in the natural control of cutworms, for they cause from two to five per cent of the total parasitism. No detailed data are available on the life-history of any of the species.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 84 , Issue 12 , December 1952 , pp. 357 - 373
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1952

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