Telenomus fariai is a parasitoid wasp in the family Platygastridae[1] that parasitizes various bugs in the genus Triatoma.[2] It was described by Irish entomologist Alexander Henry Haliday in 1833.
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| Telenomus fariai Haliday, 1833
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Distribution and habitat
editT. fariai is found in South America.[3]
Life cycle
editT. fariai are solitary wasps and do not form a colony. A wasp lays a larva in an egg of one of its victim species, generally bugs from the genus Triatoma, using an ovipositor. This stops the development of the host egg. The larvae develop for around 30 days before finally hatching from its host egg.[4]
The adult T. fariai have a variable life span, no less than 3 days but with the potential of up to 40 days.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Taxon: Species Telenomus fariai". taxonomicon.taxonomy.nl. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
- ^ Rabinovich, Jorge E (24 August 1970). "Population dynamics of Telenomus fariai (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae), a parasite of Chagas' disease vectors. V. Parasite soze and votal space" (PDF). Revista de Biología Tropical. 19 (1, 2): 109–120. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 29, 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
- ^ dos Santos, Claudiney (2014). "First Report of Aprostocetus asthenogmus (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) in South America and Parasitizing Eggs of Triatominae Vectors of Chagas Disease". Journal of Parasitology Research. 2–14. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
- ^ a b da Costa Lima, Dr A. "Notes on the Biology of Telenomus Fariai Lime, an egg parasite of Triatoma" (PDF). Typ. do Insituto Oswaldo Cruz-Rio de Janeiro-Brasil. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 January 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
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