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Welcome to ENTO 621!

General Information
Insect Collection Requirements

Lectures
Lecture 1
Lecture 2
Lecture 3
Different Families from the order Hymenoptera
Lecture 5

Handouts-Biology Handouts

BRACONIDAE:  APHIDIINAE Haliday, 1833 (=Aphidiidae)
BRACONIDAE Nees von Esenbeck, 1812
CHALCIDOIDEA
ICHNEUMONIDAE
IMMUNITY AND ABROGATION OF THE HOST IMMUNE SYSTEM
MATING, SEX DETERMINATION, AND OFFSPRING PRODUCTION
PROCTOTRUPOIDEA
BIOLOGIES OF SELECTED COLEOPTERA: ADEPHAGA
Diptera
Formicidae
Heteroptera
Neuroptera
Strepsiptera
Life History Traits
Hyperparasitism and Superparasitism

General Handouts
Syllabus
Basic Definitions
Family Hymenoptera list 1
Family Hymenoptera list 2
TROPHAMNION, TERATOCYTES, TROPHOCYTES
ACULEATA (VESPOIDEA and APOIDEA)
BRACONIDAE
CHALCIDOIDEA
CHRYSIDOIDEA
Clutch Size
CYNIPOIDEA
COLEOPTERA
DIPTERA
ENTOMOPHAGOUS INSECTS AND BIOLOGICAL CONTROL
GENERAL HYMENOPTERA
GREGARIOUS PARASITISM
ENTOMOPHAGOUS HETEROPTERA AND MISCELLANEOUS ORDERS
HOST LOCATION
HOST REGULATION
HOST SUITABILITY
ICHNEUMONIDAE
FOR INTRODUCTORY LECTURES ON CLASSIFICATION
Miscellaneous Hymenopteran Superfamilies
Random Ento 621 References, 2004-2007
NEUROPTERA
Non-target impacts
PROCTOTRUPOIDEA, PLATYGASTROIDEA AND CERAPHRONOIDEA
SEX RATIOS, SEX DETERMINATION, MATING BEHAVIOR, AND CLUTCH SIZE

Taxonomic Keys
Aculeata
Chalcidoid
Coleoptera
Diptera
Ichneumonidae
Proctotrupoidea, Platygastroidea, and Ceraphronoidea
Key to Male Strepsiptera
Key to superfamilies of Hymenoptera

Previous Exams
First Lecture Exam
4th Quiz