Intraguild predation between an introduced lady beetle, Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), and a native lady beetle, Coleomegilla maculata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)

Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 159-163

  Cottrell, Ted E ^a,b   Yeargan, Kenneth V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b U States Dept Agric Agric R   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; INTRAGUILD INTERACTION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; PREDATION;

UNITED STATES;

COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOMEGILLA MACULATA; COLEOPTERA; HARMONIA AXYRIDIS;

EID: 0032324071     PISSN: 00228567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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