Specialized parasitoid attracted to a pheromone of ants

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 61-66

  Feener Jr , Donald H ^a   Jacobs, Lucia F ^b   Schmidt, Justin O ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CARL HAYDEN BEE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOCEPHALUS PARAPONERAE; PARAPONERA CLAVATA; DIPTERA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; PHORIDAE;

ANT; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; MANDIBULAR GLAND; PARASITOID; PHEROMONE;

CENTRAL AMERICA;

EID: 0029669132     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0005     Document Type: Article

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