Behavioral ecology of Myiopharus doryphorae (Riley) and M. aberrans (Townsend), Tachinid parasitoids of the Colorado potato beetle

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 49-78

  Lopez E R ^a   Roth, L C ^b   Ferro, D N ^a   Hosmer, D ^a   Mafra Neto, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral ecology; Colorado potato beetle; Host guarding; Leptinotarsa decemlineata; Myiopharus aberrans; Myiopharus doryphorae; Parasitoids

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; LEPTINOTARSA DECEMLINEATA; MYIOPHARUS ABERRANS; MYIOPHARUS DORYPHORAE; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TACHINIDAE;

EID: 0030814732     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02765474     Document Type: Article

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