Diurnal patterns of ovipositional activity in two Pseudacteon fly parasitoids (Diptera: Phoridae) of Solenopsis fire ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 455-457

  Pesquero, M A ^a   Campiolo, S ^a   Fowler, H G ^a   Porter, S D ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPTERA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; PHORIDAE; PSEUDACTEON LITORALIS; PSEUDACTEON TRICUSPIS; SELENOPSIS; SOLENOPSIS; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA;

EID: 0029926541     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3495596     Document Type: Article

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