Oviposition behavior of Anaphes iole, an egg parasitoid of Lygus hesperus (hymenoptera: mymaridae; heteroptera: miridae)

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 91-101

  Conti, Eric ^a,b   Jones, Walker A ^a   Bin, Ferdinando ^a,b   Vinson, S Bradleigh ^a,c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaphes iole; Egg parasitoid; Host discrimination; Host selection; Lygus hesperus; Oviposition behavior

Indexed keywords

ANAPHES; ANAPHES IOLE; HETEROPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; IOLE; LYGUS HESPERUS; MIRIDAE; MYMARIDAE; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM);

EGG PARASITOID; HOST DISCRIMINATION; HOST SELECTION; OVIPOSITION; SEARCHING BEHAVIOUR;

EID: 0031426753     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aesa/90.1.91     Document Type: Article

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