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A STUDY has been made of the susceptibility to, or immunity from, parasitism which certain aphis exhibit towards the insect Monoctonus paludum Marshall (Hymenoptera, Braconidae). Starý1, in a recent revision of the European species of Monoctonus, identifies M. paludum with M. crepidis Haliday, which has been recorded from various aphid hosts on plants related to lettuce. The present account is concerned only with the association between the parasite and aphids which occur on lettuce, and it has been found that although the parasite will readily oviposit into the five species of lettuce aphids which have been studied, successful development of the parasite can only occur in one of these species.
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GRIFFITHS, D. Immunity of Aphids to Insect Parasites. Nature 187, 346 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/187346a0
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