Rearing the decapitating fly Pseudacteon tricuspis (diptera: phoridae) in imported fire ants (hymenoptera: formicidae) from the United States

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 135-138

  Porter, Sanford D ^a   Williams, David F ^a   Patterson, Richard S ^a  

^a CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Argentina parasite; Biological control; Solenopsis invicta; Solenopsis richteri

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; DECAPITATION; INOCULATION; UNITED STATES;

BORGMEIER; DIPTERA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; PHORIDAE; PSEUDACTEON LITORALIS; PSEUDACTEON TRICUSPIS; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA; SOLENOPSIS RICHTERI;

EID: 0031414970     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/90.1.135     Document Type: Article

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