Egg-parasitoids wasps of Ischnura senegalensis

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Ischnura senegalensis inhabits to the pond and swamp of the beach nearby plain.  As for a female, there are 2 types.  One of type resembles in a male.  The other is the type that did orange for a while after emaergence.  A female lays eggs alone.  I confirmed 2 species of egg-parasitoids wasps (Trichogrammatidae and Mymaridae).


Figure 13-1   1: Ischnura senegalensis     The female in the figure is the type of the same color as a male.   2: The inhabitant environment of Ischnura senegalensis    Ischnura senegalensis is inhabiting in the wide area such as the river of a flow slowly, the pond, and lake that there are many aquatic plants.

Figure 13-2 1: The egg of Ischnura senegalensis   As for several eggs that showed it with a white arrow, an egg-parasitoid wasp (Mymaridae) is parasitic. It is seen the eggs of several aquatic insects other than Ischnura senegalensis.

Figure 13-3 Pupa of Mymaridae    1:Three days before it appears from an egg   2:The previous day when appears from an egg   The antenna of the male is long.  We can distinguish a male and female with the length of an antenna also in the time of a pupa.  (This figure has been made 2 times of Figure 13-4.)

 

Figure 13-4   Mymaridae   1:Male  Length of this male is 0.54 mm. A male has a considerably longer antenna than body length.  2:Female   The length of this female is 0.54 mm.  A female has a little shorter antenna than body length.

 

Figure 13-5 Egg-parasitoid wasp of Trichogrammatidae   1:Pupa  2:Adult  The size of this individual is 0.55 mm.  (This figure has been made 2 times of Figure 13-4.)