Discrimination among aphid parasitoids through characteristics of their mummies [electronic resource].

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Aphid parasitoid species of family Aphidiidae form the major group of the primary parasitoid spectrum of aphids. As well, the species of family Aphelinidae form another small group. A trial to discriminate and / or classify the primary parasitoid species through the characteristics of the open empty mummies and the form and number of pellets of the meconiurn, the texture of the mummies, the form and position of the emergence holes made by the adult parasitoids of the five primary parasitoid species; Aphidius matricariae Haliday, A. colemani Viereck, Diaeretiella rapae M'Intosh, Lysiphlebus testaceipes Cresson (Aphidiidae) and Aphelinus albipodus Hayat & Fatima (Aphelinidae) was carried out.

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