Biology and behavior of Pseudacteon decapitating flies (Diptera: Phoridae) that parasitize solenopsis fire ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 292-309

  Porter, Sanford D ^a  

^a CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Classical biocontrol; Host specificity; Larvae; Parasitoid; Pupae

Indexed keywords

ANT; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; FLY; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; LIFE HISTORY; POTENTIAL BIOCONTROL AGENT;

NORTH AMERICA;

DIPTERA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; PHORIDAE; PSEUDACTEON; SOLENOPSIS;

EID: 0031733114     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3495920     Document Type: Conference Paper

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