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Eggs ofSaperda carcharias L. [Col. Cerambycidae] isolated from the poplar bark in which they are laid, have been parasitized in the laboratory byCentrodora italica Ferrière [Hym. Aphelinidae]. The parasite material originated from Sardinia where it normally develops in eggs ofUromenus brevicollis insularis Chopard [Orth. Ephippigeridae].
Centrodora italica has also been reared in the laboratory on larvae ofEuderus caudatus Thoms. [Hym. Eulophidae], a natural parasite ofSaperda carcharias eggs.
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Cavalcaselle, B. Un interessante caso di adattamento ad ospiti diversi da parte di un parassita oofago. Entomophaga 13, 319–322 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02371913
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