Changes in oviposition behavior of the ectoparasitoids Nasonia vitripennis and Muscidifurax zaraptor (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) when using different species of fly hosts, prior oviposition experience, and allospecific competition

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 466-474

  Rivers, David B ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Ectoparasitoid; Host preference; Host recognition; Muscidifurax zaraptor; Nasonta vitripennis; Oviposition behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001160056     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aesa/89.3.466     Document Type: Article

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