The consequences of ant-attendance to the biological control of the red wax scale insect Ceroplastes rubens by Anicetus beneficus

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 609-618

  Itioka, Takao ^a,b   Inoue, Tamiji ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ant Homoptera mutualism; citrus cultivation; honeydew producing homopterans; inversely density dependent host parasitoid interaction; Lasius niger

Indexed keywords

ANICETUS BENEFICUS; CEROPLASTES RUBENS; COCCIDAE; FORMICIDAE; HOMOPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; LASIUS NIGER;

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; RED WAX SCALE;

EID: 0030304563     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2404989     Document Type: Article

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