Oviposition behavior of Eumicrosoma blissae (Maki) (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae), an egg parasitoid of the oriental chinch bug, Cavelerius saccharivorus Okajima (Heteroptera; Lygaeidae)

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 207-213

  Sadoyama, Yasutsune ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR KYUSHU OKINAWA REGION   (Japan)

^b Miyako Branch   (Japan)

Author keywords

Egg parasitoid; Eumicrosoma blissae; Oriental chinch bug; Oviposition behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032387522     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.33.207     Document Type: Article

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