底比斯釉小蜂 (Chrysocharis pentheus (Walker)) 行單產雄性孤雌生殖、單員內寄生。未交尾雌蜂之生育力與致死寄主能力較交尾者各降低 81.8 與 66.2%。該蜂以產卵寄生 (65.1%) 與取食寄主 (34.9%) 之方式致死蔬菜斑潛蠅 (Liriomyza sativae Blanchard)。寄主幼蟲被產卵或取食後,各經 3.9 ± 0.4 與 0 分鐘,即不再活動、取食,各自呈現深度麻痺與死亡狀態。羽化高峰期為上午 5 至 7 點間,產卵與取食寄主高峰期均為上午 5 點至下午 1 點間。雌蜂偏好在寄主第三齡幼蟲上產卵與取食。該蜂在 25℃下,卵至蛹期發育所需時間為 13.2 ± 0.1 日,其中卵期為 1.4± 0.0 日,幼蟲期為 4.3 ± 0.1 日,前蛹期為 0.7 ± 0.1 日,蛹期為 6.8 ± 0.1 日。卵發育至蛹期之存活率為 95.5 ± 2.1%。每日供應 40~50 隻第三齡寄主幼蟲與純蜂蜜時,雌、雄蜂壽命各為 21.9 ± 1.3 與 16.1 ± 1.3 日,每雌蜂可產 220 ± 32 隻子蜂,並致死寄主 358 ± 48 隻。子代雌性比為 0.50 ± 0.03。
Chrysocharis pentheus (Walker) is an arrhenotokous, solitary idiobiont endoparasitoid of Liriomyza sativae Blanchard. The capability of the unmated wasp to produce offspring and kill hosts decreased by 81.8 and 66.2%, respectively, when compared to the mated wasp. The female wasp was capable of killing L. sativae by parasitizing (65.1%) and host-feeding (34.9%). The host larva became deeply paralyzed without moving and feeding in 3.9 ± 0.4 min after wasp oviposition or died immediately after being fed upon by the wasp. The daily emergence peak was between 0500 and 0700 h while the peak of oviposition and host-feeding was between 0500 and 1300 h. This wasp has host instar preference, with a particular preference to oviposit and host-feed on third instars. At 25℃, the wasp took 13.2 ± 0.1 days to complete the development from egg to pupa. The duration of egg, larval, prepupal, and pupal stages averaged 1.4 ± 0.0, 4.3 ± 0.1, 0.7 ± 0.1, and 6.8 ± 0.1 days, respectively. The survival rate from egg to pupal stage was 95.5 ± 2.1%. When 40-50 3rd instars of L. sativae and honey were provided daily, the longevity of female and male wasps averaged 21.9 ± 1.3 and 16.1 ± 1.3 days, respectively. The fertility and the host killing capability for a wasp were 220 ± 32 wasps and 358 hosts, respectively. The female progeny ratio was 0.50 ± 0.03.