Abeeluck, D., & Walter, G.H. 2019 Ecological disjunction across the sexes in an alloparasitoid: Host requirements, sex ratios and mate localization (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae). Entomological Science 22: 301–310

Keywords:

  • ecology
  • natural enemies
  • Notes: The larval females of Coccophagus sp. nr gurneyi Compere are primary parasitoids of lantana mealybugs, whereas males develop hyperparasitically through other parasitoids (never their own females), so the species is alloparasitic. Males are seldom even reared from lantana mealybugs (<0.3%, n = 4,212), and have not yet been reared from any other host.