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Calyx Particle Morphology of Bathyplectes anurus and B. curculionis (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)
Author(s) -
Hess Roberta T.,
Poinar G. O.,
Etzel L.,
Merritt C. C.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
acta zoologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.414
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1463-6395
pISSN - 0001-7272
DOI - 10.1111/j.1463-6395.1980.tb01297.x
Subject(s) - calyx , ichneumonidae , biology , hymenoptera , parasitoid , botany
Hess, R. T., Poinar, Jr., G. O., Etzel, L., Merritt, C. C. 1980. Calyx particle morphology of Bathyplectes anurus and B. curculionis (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae). (Department of Entomological Sciences, University of California, Barkeley, California, U.S.A.) — Acta zool. (Stockh.) 61(2): 111–116. The calyx regions of the ichneumonid wasps Bathyplectes anurus and B. curculionis were observed with the electron microscope to contain ovoid membrane‐bound particles, 300 nm long by 250 nm wide. These particles were produced in nuclei associated with fibrous strands from which they appeared to bud. Particles apparently moved into the cytoplasm and budded into the calyx lumen, thereby acquiring the host's plasma membrane. The similarities and differences of these particles to the calyx particles of other wasps is discussed.