ملخص
Abstract
Biological studies of Nezara viridula (L.) (Heteroptera:Pentatomidae) and its parasitoid Trissolcus basalis (Wollaston)(Scelionidae: Hymenoptera) collected from Libya were conducted in a rearing room at 25 ± 5°C, 65 ± 10 % R.H. and 16:8 LD photoperiod.During the course of rearing of N. viridula the eggs incubation periodvaried between 4-7 days. The newly emerged nymphs and the 5th stage had the highest mortality in comparison with 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4thstages .studies on T. basalis included: SEM, development time, parasitoid mating behavior and oviposition behavior, functionalresponse and fecundity. The development time was 4 to 10 days underthe laboratory condition. Adult males lived longer than females.Mating time took from 12.2 to 19.5 seconds. In case of ovipositionbehavior serial of behaviors were observed and recorded. The egg selection period was 0: 00: 08 - 0: 00: 25 min, oviposition period was 0: 01: 04 - 0: 01: 41 min. Egg marking period was 0: 00: 11 - 0: 00: 25 min. The longest period was the oviposition period followed by egg marking period followed by egg selection period.In functional response study was found a highly positive correlation ( r = 0.974 ) number of egg masses exposed and the number of parasitoid emerged. Fecundity experiments showed that the daily ii production of progeny by female of T. basalis during 6-10 dayslifetime showed that female progeny production was higher than male progeny production. The maximum period offspring production was 6-10 days. There was a highly negative correlation ( r = - 0.900 ) between the number of eggs parasitized and parasitoid age . Also there is a highly signifcant difference between the fecundity of T. basalis newly emerged of 24 h and after 7 days after emergence from N. viridula eggs. The number of mature eggs in the ovary were less in 24h aged female and the fecundity increased over the next 7 days.