Behavioral observations on the adults and larvae of Leucopis ninae and L. gaimarii (Diptera: Chamaemyiidae), predators of Russian wheat aphid, Diuraphis noxia (Homoptera: Aphididae)

Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 153-159

  Gaimari, Stephen D ^a,b   Turner, William J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COURTSHIP; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; OVIPOSITION; PREDATION;

APHIDIDAE; CHAMAEMYIIDAE; DIPTERA; DIURAPHIS NOXIA; HOMOPTERA; LEUCOPIS GAIMARII; LEUCOPIS NINAE;

EID: 0031545242     PISSN: 00228567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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