Functional response and mutual interference in the parasitoid (Oglobin) (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae) attacking (Loew) (Diptera: Tephritidae) pupae.

Functional response and mutual interference are important attributes of natural enemies that should be analysed in species with the potential to be used as biological control agents in order to increase the predictive power of the possible benefits and/or consequences of their release in the field. Our main objective was to determine the functional response and mutual interference of (Oglobin), a pupal parasitoid of economically important fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae). The functional response of on pupae corresponded to a type II model, with an attack rate of 0.