Brood guarding behavior and life history characteristics of Goniozus indicus Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae), a larval ectoparasitoid of lepidopteran stemborers

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 121-126

  Takasu, Keiji ^a,b   Overholt, William A ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brood guarding; Goniozus indicus; Life history; Parasitoid; Stemborer

Indexed keywords

BETHYLIDAE; GONIOZUS; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 0032386293     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.33.121     Document Type: Article

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