| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 2006 |
| Authors: | J. V. Falcó, Moscardó, M. T. Oltra, Moreno, J. M., Pujade-Villar, J., R. Peydró, J. |
| Journal: | Pirineos |
| Volume: | 161 |
| Pagination: | 111-132 |
| Keywords: | Braconidae, Hymenoptera, malaise trap, parasitoid, phenology |
| Abstract: | Phenology of the Braconidae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonoidea) at Andorra has been conducted/studied using a Malaise trap after a one-year cycle during 1993. A total of 1.892 specimens, representing 23 subfamilies and 79 genera were sampled. About 93.7% of the captures were koinobiont braconids, whereas 6.3% belonged to idiobiont braconids. The annual phenology has been characterized through the correlation between the evolution of the collected braconids and the wea- ther (meteorological conditions). The maximum of the populations were registered between the two rain periods. In fact, the family Braconidae shows an abundance peak from middle of May to end of August, due to the xerothermic conditions of the andorran locality. |
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