New Zealand Entomologist (2006) 29, 103-105

Allan M. Crawford, Lee-Ann Still and Peter Smith (2006)
A histological examination of the venom apparatus of Microctonus hyperodae Loan (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)
New Zealand Entomologist 29 (1), 103-105
Abstract: The venom apparatus of the parasitoid wasp Microctonus hyperodae Loan (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) was found to have typical type 2 morphology, as defined by Edson and Vinson (1979), with a thin walled venom reservoir and a pair of unbranched venom glands leading to a common duct which joined the reservoir at its base. The venom glands are only about half the length of those found in Microctonus aethiopoides Loan and are made up of a single layer of cells surrounding a central lumen. The cells have a distinctive large vacuole in their cytoplasm.
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(original language: English)
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Database assignments for author(s): Allan M. Crawford

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
biocontrol - natural enemies
Research topic(s) for beneficials or antagonists:
general biology - morphology - evolution

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
Microctonus hyperodae (parasitoid)			New Zealand