Prevalence of Stylopization of Sphex ichneumoneus (L.) (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) by Paraxenos westwoodi (Templeton) (Strepsiptera: Xenidae)

Figure 1

(a) Posterior dorsum of female Sphex ichneumoneus showing two Paraxenos exserted at posterior border of gastral tergum IV. On the left is a female puparium, and on the right is the remains of a male puparium following the adult’s emergence. (b) Male puparium prior to emergence of adult on another host individual.