Field ecology and behaviour of the egg parasitoid Trissolcus basalis (wollaston) (hymenoptera: scelionidae)

Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia

Volumn 122, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 65-71

  Field, S A ^a   Keller, M A ^a   Austin, A D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agonoscelis rutila; Defensive behaviour; Egg masses; Egg parasitoid; Horehound bug; Scelionidae; Trissolcus basalis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001931166     PISSN: 00855812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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