Host specificity of Pseudacteon (Diptera: Phoridae) parasitoids that attack Linepithema (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in South America

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 742-747

  Orr, M R ^a   Seike, S H ^a   Benson, W W ^a   Dahlsten, D L ^a  

^a Division of Insect Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

Argentine ant; Biological invasion; Host specificity; Linepithema humile; Phoridae; Pseudacteon

Indexed keywords

ANT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; HOST SPECIFICITY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PARASITOID;

DIPTERA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LINEPITHEMA; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE; PHORIDAE; PSEUDACTEON;

EID: 0034748665     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-30.4.742     Document Type: Article

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