Aleochara spp. (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) and pupal parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) attacking symbovine fly pupae (Diptera: Muscidae, sarcophagidae and otitidae) in southeastern Brazil

Biological Control

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 77-83

  Ferreira De Almeida, Maria A ^a   Pires Do Prado, Angelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

A. puberula; Aleochara (Coprochara) notula; Aleocharinae; Dairy stable; Flies; Musca domestica; Muscidifurax raptoroides; Muscidifurax spp.; Parasitoids; Physiphora aenea; S. endius; S. gemina; S. nigroaenea; Sarcophagula sp.; Spalangia cameroni; Stomoxys calcitrans

Indexed keywords

BRAZIL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION;

ALEOCHARA; ALEOCHARA NOTULA; ALEOCHARA PUBERULA; MUSCA DOMESTICA; MUSCIDIFURAX RAPTOROIDES; PHYSIPHORA AENEA; SPALANGIA CAMERONI; SPALANGIA ENDIUS; SPALANGIA GEMINA; SPALANGIA NIGROAENEA; STOMOXYS CALCITRANS;

EID: 0013089503     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bcon.1998.0671     Document Type: Article

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