Cannibalism in Episyrphus balteatus (Dipt.: Syrphidae)

Entomophaga

Volumn 42, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 145-152

  Branquart, E ^a   Hemptinne, J L ^a   Bauffe, C ^a   Benfekih, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BLIDA   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Biological control; Egg cannibalism; Larval cannibalism; Syrphidae

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008199842     PISSN: 00138959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02769892     Document Type: Article

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