Release and recovery of the introduced wasp parasitoid,Sphecophaga vesparum vesparum(Curtis) (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) in New Zealand
| Autor: | P.E.C. Read, Henrik Moller, G. M. Plunkett, J. A. V. Tilley, B.J. Donovan |
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| Rok vydání: | 1989 |
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| Zdroj: | New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 16:355-364 |
| ISSN: | 1175-8821 0301-4223 |
| Popis: | The introduced European wasp parasitoid, Sphecophaga vesparum vesparum (Curtis) was reared in the laboratory at DSIR Lincoln then distributed in the South Island and at one location in the North Island, from 1985 to 1987. In early November 1986, one yellow parasitoid cocoon was recovered from an overwintered nest of the German wasp, Vespula germanica (F.), in suburban Christchurch. Before that recovery about 197 female parasitoids had emerged from release boxes in the area, and 41 wasp nests had been collected. There have been no other recoveries in this area, despite the emergence of about 1585 parasitoids from released cocoons and the collection of a further 385 wasp nests. Systematic searches for and examination of wasp nests from 17 sites in the north and west of the South Island recovered rapidly multiplying parasitoid populations from 2 out of 42 nests of the common wasp, Vespula vulgaris (L.) at Pelorus Bridge, 42 km east of Nelson. The nests were 33 m and 625 m away in separate directions... |
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