Host-specific attraction of Pseudacteon flies (Diptera: Phoridae) to fire ant colonies in Brazil

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 423-429

  Porter, Sanford D ^a  

^a CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Brazil; Host specificity; Parasite; Parasitoid; Solenopsis

Indexed keywords

HOST SPECIFICITY; PARASITE; POTENTIAL BIOCONTROL AGENT;

BRAZIL; UNITED STATES;

DIPTERA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; PHORIDAE; PSEUDACTEON; PSEUDACTEON CURVATUS; PSEUDACTEON LITORALIS; PSEUDACTEON PRADEI; PSEUDACTEON TRICUSPIS; PSEUDACTEON WASMANNI; SOLENOPSIS; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS SAEVISSIMA;

EID: 0031737087     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3495932     Document Type: Article

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