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The odd-appearing female of Pelecinus polyturator Dru. is a moderately common insect, generally recognized as a parasite of Phyllophaga larvae. However, few references in literature substantiate the host relationship or furnish evidence to associate parasite with host.
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G. H. Hammond (1944) studied this question.
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