Distribution, prevalence and host associations of hymenoptera parasitic on Calliphoridae occurring in flystrike in New Zealand

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 365-370

  Bishop, D M ^a   Heath, A C G ^a   Haack, N A ^a  

^a AGRESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

blowflies; Calliphoridae; flystrike; New Zealand; parasitoid wasps

Indexed keywords

BLOWFLY; FLY STRIKE; MYIASIS; PARASITOID; SHEEP;

NEW ZEALAND;

ALYSIA MANDUCATOR; APHAERETA AEOTEA; BRACHYMERIA UCALEGON; BRACONIDAE; CALLIPHORIDAE; CHALCIDIDAE; DIPTERA; ENCYRTIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; NASONIA VITRIPENNIS; OVIS ARIES; PHAENOCARPA ANTIPODA; PTEROMALIDAE; TACHINAEPHAGUS ZEALANDICUS;

EID: 0030301572     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.1996.tb00758.x     Document Type: Article

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