| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| : | 2009 |
| Authors: | K. Mauz, Reeder J. R. |
| Journal: | Western North American Naturalist |
| Volume: | 69 |
| Pagination: | 382-387 |
| Date Published: | September |
| : | 1527-0904 |
| : | Notiodes sporocarpicus |
| : | We report observations on reproductive phenology, fecundity and sporocarp morphology fora population of the semiaquatic fern Marsilea mollis B.L. Rob. & Fernald in southern Arizona and document the parasitic relationships of 2 insects collected with the plants. The recently described weevil Notiodes sporocarpicus O'Brien (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) utilizes the fern's sporocarp as a brood chamber, only the second documented instance of this form of parasitism in the United States. The wasp Lyrcus maculatus (Gahan) (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) is parasitoid of, the weevil in this system. |
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