EXORISTOBIA PHILIPPINENSIS , A HYMENOPTERAN ENDOPARASITE OF PUPARIA OF SYNANTHROPIC FLIES (HYMENOPTERA: ENCYRTIDAE: I. HISTOLOGICAL STUDIES OF ITS LIFE CYCLE

Ths paper describes and illustrates, with photomicrographs, the gross histological development of stages of the endoparasitoid Exoristobia philippinensis Ashmead in the puparia of three synanthropic flies under laboratory conditions. The major organ systems, especially nervous, digestive, reproductive and respiratory are traced.