Sex ratio variation as a function of host size in Pseudacteon flies (Diptera: Phoridae), parasitoids of Solenopsis fire ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 257-267

  Morrison, Lloyd W ^a   Porter, Sanford D ^b   Gilbert, Lawrence E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Biocontrol; Brazil; Environmental sex determination; Parasite; Sex allocation; Texas

Indexed keywords

ANT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; FLY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; SEX RATIO; SIZE EFFECT;

DIPTERA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; PHORIDAE; PSEUDACTEON; SOLENOPSIS;

EID: 0033065002     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.1998.0265     Document Type: Article

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