Original Research Article I Volume 3 I Issue 3 I 2015

Triungulin occurrence and its load carrying capacity by Xylocopa letipes Drury (Hymenoptera: Xylocopidae)

Anna Gophane; T. V. Sathe; Pallavi Khairmode; Sheetal Londhe; Shilpa Kurne

Biolife; 2015, 3(3), pp 688-693

DOI:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7294460

Abstract:

Triungulins are young instar larvae of meloid (blister) beetles. Blister beetles are pest insects feeding on flowering bodies of several agricultural and non agricultural plants. On the contrary Xylocopa letipes Drury is very potential plant pollinator but triungulins of Nemognatha plazata Fab. act as limiting factor of X. letipes population by parasitism

Keywords:

Xylocopa, parasitism, Triungulins, Host – parasite interaction, pollination

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Article Dates:

Received: 4 July 2015; Accepted: 22 August 2015; Published: 6 September 2015

How To Cite:

Anna Gophane, T. V. Sathe, Pallavi Khairmode, Sheetal Londhe, & Shilpa Kurne. (2022). Triungulin occurrence and its load carrying capacity by Xylocopa letipes Drury (Hymenoptera: Xylocopidae). Biolife, 3(3), 688–693. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7294460