Response of Catolaccus grandis (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) to its natural host after ten generations of rearing on a factitious host, Callosobrucus maculatus (Coleoptera: Bruchidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 137-141

  Rojas, M G ^a   Morales Ramos, J A ^a   King, E G ^a  

^a KIKA DE LA GARZA SUBTROPICAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthonomus grandis; Callosobruchus maculatus; Catolaccus grandis; Factitious host; Host acceptance

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; ECTOPARASITE; FECUNDITY; OVIPOSITION; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO;

ANTHONOMUS GRANDIS; ANTHONOMUS GRANDIS GRANDIS; BRUCHIDAE; BRUCHINAE; CALLOSOBRUCHUS MACULATUS; CATOLACCUS; CATOLACCUS GRANDIS; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; PTEROMALIDAE;

EID: 0032930629     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/28.1.137     Document Type: Article

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