Foraging ecology and patterns of diversification in dipteran parasitoids of fire ants in south Brazil

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 305-314

  Orr, Matthew R ^a,c   Seike, Sergio H ^b   Gilbert, Lawrence E ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Host location; Parasitoid; Phoridae; Pseudacteon; Red imported fire ant; Solenopsis; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

FIRE ANT; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; PARASITOID; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BRAZIL;

DIPTERA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; PHORIDAE; PSEUDACTEON; PSEUDACTEON SOLENOPSIDIS; SOLENOPSIS; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA; SOLENOPSIS SAEVISSIMA;

EID: 0030847343     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.1997.00072.x     Document Type: Article

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