Host discrimination in Dinocampus coccinellae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), a solitary parasitoid of coccinellid beetles

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 535-539

  Okuda, Takashi ^a   Ceryngier, Piotr ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Coccinella septempunctata; Dinocampus coccinellae; Host discrimination; Solitary parasitoid; Superparasitism

Indexed keywords

BRACONIDAE; COCCINELLA SEPTEMPUNCTATA; COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DINOCAMPUS COCCINELLAE; HYMENOPTERA; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0034311323     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2000.535     Document Type: Article

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