Phenology and dispersal in Pseudacteon flies (Diptera: Phoridae), parasitoids of Solenopsis fire ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 198-207

  Morrison, Lloyd W ^a   Kawazoe, Elizabeth A ^a   Guerra, Rodney ^a   Gilbert, Lawrence E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Dispersal; Parasitism; Phenology; Pseudacteon; Solenopsis

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; PARASITOID; PHENOLOGY;

DIPTERA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; PHORIDAE; PSEUDACTEON; PSEUDACTEON CRAWFORDI; PSEUDACTEON SPATULATUS; SOLENOPSIS; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA;

EID: 0032821794     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aesa/92.2.198     Document Type: Article

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