Physical factors in host selection of the parasitoid fly, Exorista japonica Townsend (Diptera: Tachinidae)

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 91-97

  Tanaka, Chiharu ^a   Kainoh, Yooichi ^a   Honda, Hiroshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Black rubber tube; Exorista japonica; Host selection; Parasitoid; Tachinidae

Indexed keywords

DIPTERA; EXORISTA; EXORISTA JAPONICA; JAPONICA; TACHINIDAE;

EID: 0033241044     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.34.91     Document Type: Article

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