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Effects of Envenomation on Survival and Development of the Host-Parasitoid System of Galleria mellonella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) and Bracon hebetor (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)

Effects of Envenomation on Survival and Development of the Host-Parasitoid System of Galleria mellonella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) and Bracon hebetor (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)

Ferzana Bhatti1, Fiaz Hussain2, Zain ul Abdin1*, Muhammad Arshad1, Saqi Kosar Abbas2 and Muhammad Zeeshan Shabbir3

1Department of Entomology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad-38040, Pakistan
2College of Agriculture, BZU Sub Campus Bahadur, Layyah-31200, Pakistan 
3State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
 
*      Corresponding author: zainunibas@gmail.com

Fig. 1.

Bracon hebetor sting apparatus showing venom glands with venom reservoir (A) and Dufour’s gland (B). Images were taken using digital microscope (40X and 100X Lenses).

Pakistan Journal of Zoology

October

Pakistan J. Zool., Vol. 56, Iss. 5, pp. 2001-2500

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