Effects of Age and Burial of House Fly (Diptera: Muscidae) Pupae on Parasitism by Spalangia cameroni and Muscidifurax raptor (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 410-415

  King, B H ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Host age; House flies; Parasitoid wasps; Pteromalids; Species interactions

Indexed keywords

DIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; MUSCA DOMESTICA; MUSCIDAE; MUSCIDIFURAX RAPTOR; PTEROMALIDAE; RAPTORES; SPALANGIA CAMERONI; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0001324930     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/26.2.410     Document Type: Article

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