The status of two species of Psyttalia Walker (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Opiinae) reared from fruit-infesting Tephritidae (Diptera) on the Indian Ocean Islands of Reunion and Mauritius

African Entomology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 85-90

  Wharton, R A ^a   Quilici, S ^b   Hurtrel, B ^b   Mercado, I ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

Biological control; Ceratitis; Coffee; Natal fruit fly; Parasitoids; Reedfly

Indexed keywords

BRACONIDAE; CAPITATA; CERATITIS; CERATITIS CAPITATA; CERATITIS ROSA; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HYMENOPTERA; MAURITIUS; OPIINAE; OPIUS; PSYTTALIA DISTINGUENDA; PSYTTALIA INSIGNIPENNIS; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 0032713078     PISSN: 10213589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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