The evolutionary pattern of host use in the Bombyliidae (Diptera): A diverse family of parasitoid flies

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 149-185

  Yeates, David K ^a   Greathead, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ectoparasite; endoparasite; idiobiont; koniobiont; pseudohyperparasite

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACINAE; APOIDEA; ARANEAE; BOMBYLIIDAE; DIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; ORTHOPTERA; TOXOPHORINAE; VESPIDAE; VILLINI;

EID: 0030972050     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.1996.0097     Document Type: Article

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