On the Life Cycle of Megarhyssa jezoensis Matsumura (Ichneumonida)

Megarhyssa jezoensis Matsumura (에조납작맵시벌)의 生活史에 關하여

An ichneumon-fly, Megarhyssa jezoensis Matsumura, was found as a parasite of Sirex nitobei Matsumura, a pest insect of the walnut, Juglans sinensis Maximowicz, at Ye-San, Choong-Nam province, middle Korea. The life cycle of Megarhyssa jezoensis was as follows: 1. It occurred three times a year. The adults appear at the end of April to the middle of May (maximum on 5th May) after hibernation, at the beginning to the middle of July (maximum on 10 th July) in the first generatioin, and at the end of September to the end of October (maximum on 8 th October) in the second. 2. The larvae grew from the beginning of May to the end of June in the first generation, from the middle of July to the beginning of September in the second and from the beginning of October to the end of the year in the last. 3. The pupae developed from the end of June to the middle of July and from the end of August to the middle of September. 4. The adults oviposited their eggs on the surface of the host, the larvae in Sirex nitobei growing in the stem of the walnut, and the larvae hatched from the eggs were ectoparasiting the larvae of Sirex to grow and pupate. The parasite hibernated in the pupal stage but the adult which emerged at the early spring stayed in the hole of the walnut stem till the end of April.

忠南 禮山郡 禮山邑, 新陽面, 大興面의 3地區에서 1964年 4月부터 1968年 12月까지 調査한 結果 Megarhyssa jezoensis가 호도나무의 害蟲인 Sirex nitobei에 寄生함을 알았고 그 生活史는 다음과 같았다. 1. 越冬後 成蟲出現은 4月下旬부터 5月中旬까지이며 最盛期는 5月 5日이였고, 一化基成蟲은 7月上旬에서 7月中旬 사이에 出現했고 最盛期는 7月 10日 이였으며 二化基成蟲은 9月下旬부터 10月下旬까지에 出現했고 最盛期는 10月 8日 이였다. 2. 幼蟲發育은 一化基가 5月上旬부터 6月下旬까지 二化基가 7月中旬부터 9月上旬까지, 三化基는 10月上旬부터 이루어졌다. 3. 　期는 6月下旬부터 7月中旬까지이고 二化基는 8月下旬부터 9月中旬까지이다. 4, 成蟲은 호도나무 줄기속 Sirex nitobei의 成蟲에 産卵하고 孵化幼蟲은 Sirex nitobei의 幼蟲을 파먹고 成長　化한다. 　態로 越冬하되 이른 것은 早春에 成蟲으로 되어 호도나무 줄기속에 머물러 있다.