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Table 3 Sexual dimorphism in Telenomus remus adults

From: Influence of host egg age on parasitic potential of the entomophagous, Telenomus remus Nixon (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) against the Fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and investigations on the developmental biology and ultrastructure of egg parasitoid immature stages

Character

Female

Male

Length (µm)

Width (µm)

Length (µm)

Width (µm)

Ovipositor

36.31

11.15

–

–

Aedeagus

–

–

103.5

10.97

Antenna

Clubbed

Geniculate

Male

–

–

383.8

20.23

Female

365.5

24.37

–

–