Temperature and host effects on key morphological characters of Hemisarcoptes cooremani and Hemisarcoptes malus (Acari: Hemisarcoptidae)

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 667-682

  Houck, Marilyn A ^a   Oconnor, Barry M ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Acari; character variance; ecophenotypic plasticity; mites

Indexed keywords

ACARI; AONIDIELLA AURANTII; ASPIDIOTUS NERII; CITRUS LIMON; HEMIPTERA; HEMISARCOPTES; HEMISARCOPTES COOREMANI; HEMISARCOPTES MALUS; HEMISARCOPTIDAE; INSECTA; MALUS; MALUS X DOMESTICA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0030454671     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00051552     Document Type: Article

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