Bionomics of Tetrastichus giffardianus (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae): An endoparasitoid of tephritid fruit flies

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 198-206

  Purcell, Mary F ^a   Van Nieuwenhoven, Anita ^a,b   Batchelor, Mark A ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biological control; Demographics; Tetrastichus giffardianus

Indexed keywords

BACTROCERA CUCURBITAE; BACTROCERA DORSALIS; BACTROCERA LATIFRONS; CAPITATA; CERATITIS CAPITATA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EULOPHIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; TEPHRITIDAE; TETRASTICHUS GIFFARDIANUS;

EID: 0030469945     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/25.1.198     Document Type: Article

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