Larviposition, host cues, and planidial behavior in the sound-locating parasitoid fly Homotrixa alleni (Diptera: Tachinidae)

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 67-79

  Allen, Geoff R ^a   Kamien, Dan ^b   Berry, Oliver ^b   Byrne, Philip ^b   Hunt, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Host location; Ormiini; Oviposition strategies; Parasitoid; Sciarasaga quadrata; Tettigoniidae

Indexed keywords

HOMOTRIXA ALLENI;

EID: 0033018436     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020929231430     Document Type: Article

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