%0 Article
%T Relationship between Megastigmus suspectus Borr. size and Abies alba Mill. Seed size.
%A Skrzypczynska, Malgorzata
%D 1996
%J Silva Fennica
%V 30
%N 1
%R doi:10.14214/sf.a9222
%U https://silvafennica.fi/article/5577
%X <p>Investigation on the relationship between the size of the <em>Megastigmus suspectus</em> Borr. (Hymenoptera, Torymidae) and the size of <em>Abies alba</em> Mill. seeds from which those insects emerged was conducted. The examined insects (n = 46) originated from southern Poland, and were obtained from cones collected in 1993. <em>M. suspectus</em> thorax length was used as an index of adult insect size, because that was correlated with 8 other body measurements. In addition, the diameter of the emergence hole of this insect was measured. All data were log-transformed and analysed using regression analysis. There was no linear correlation between adult size and seed size, using either length of thorax or any of the other 8 body traits tested.</p>