Table 2 The effects of different food treatments on life history parameters on females of D. wani sp. nov.

From: Life history and biocontrol potential of the first female-producing parthenogenetic species of Diglyphus (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) against agromyzid leafminers

Treatments

Longevity (days)

No. host feeding

Parasitism

No. host stinging

Total host mortality

Host (n = 32)

7.7 ± 0.4a

94.4 ± 5.7

47.6 ± 2.2

3.4 ± 0.5

142.1 ± 7.0

Control (n = 39)

2.7 ± 0.3b

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P value

< 0.0001

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  1. Note: Date are means ± SE. Means in columns followed by different capital letters are significantly different at P = 0.05. Host treatment means that parasitoid wasps are reared on late 2nd and early 3rd instar larvae of Liriomyza sativae (30–35 leaf−1) to complete three types of host-killing behaviour, whereas control treatment means that only water be provided for parasitoid wasps.
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