Geographical and Temporal Variation in Pteromalid (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) Parasitism of Stable Fly and House Fly (Diptera: Muscidae) Pupae Collected from Illinois Cattle Feedlots

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 421-432

  Jones, Carl J ^a   Weinzierl, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Biocontrol; Filth flies; Geographical distribution; Parasitoid; Pupal parasitism

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; DIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; MUSCA DOMESTICA; MUSCIDAE; MUSCIDIFURAX ZARAPTOR; PTEROMALIDAE; RAPTORES; SPALANGIA CAMERONI; SPALANGIA ENDIUS; SPALANGIA NIGRA; SPALANGIA NIGROAENEA; STOMOXYS CALCITRANS;

EID: 0000411186     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/26.2.421     Document Type: Article

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