The life cycle and parasitism of the European grasshopper mite Eutrombidium trigonum (Hermann 1804) (Prostigmata: Parasitengonae: Microthrombidiidae), a potential agent for biological control of grasshoppers (Sanatoria)

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 545-561

  Wohltmann, Andreas ^a   Wendt, Frank E ^a   Waubke, Maria ^b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Biological control; Grasshoppers; Life history; Mites; Parasitism

Indexed keywords

EUTROMBIDIUM TRIGONUM; ACARI; ORTHOPTERA;

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; EUROPEAN GRASSHOPPER MITE; GRASSHOPPER; LIFE CYCLE; PARASITISM; POTENTIAL BIOCONTROL AGENT;

EID: 0030301497     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00052806     Document Type: Article

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