The Parasitic Wasp Baryscapus crassicornis (Erdos) (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae) Developing in Larvae of the Weevil Genus Larinus Germar (Coleoptera, Curculionidae)

摘要

Baiyscapus crassicornis (Erdos) was reared from the last instar larvae of three species of Curculionidae: Larinus idoneus Gyllenhal, developing in the inflorescences of Jurinea cyanoides (L.), L. turbinatus (Gyllenhal), developing in Cirsium arvense (L.) in Russia (Ul'yanovsk Province), and L. lotus (Herbst), developing in Onopordum acanthium L. and O. leptolepis DC. (Asteraceae) in Iran. Data on the parasitoid and its hosts biology, variation of morphological characters, and diagnostic notes are provided. The 3rd instar larva and the pupa of B. crassicornis are described for the first time.