Bushcricket song structure and predation by the acoustically orienting parasitoid fly Therobia leonidei (Diptera: Tachinidae: Ormiini)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 43, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 239-245

  Lehmann, Gerlind U C ^a   Heller, Klaus Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acoustic communication; Host parasitoid relationship; Ormiini; Orthoptera; Tettigonoidea

Indexed keywords

CRICKET; FLY; HOST LOCATION; PARASITOID; SONG;

GREECE;

DIPTERA; ORTHOPTERA; PHANEROPTERINAE; POECILIMON; TACHINIDAE; THEROBIA LEONIDEI;

EID: 0031715690     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050488     Document Type: Article

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