A note on host detection by Buathra tarsoleuca (Schrank) (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), a parasite of Ammophila sabulosa (L.) and Podalonia affinis (Kirby) (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae)

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 299-312

  Casiraghi, Maurizio ^a   Andrietti, Franco ^a   Bonasoro, Francesco ^a   Martinoli, Adriano ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Behavioral ecology; Buathra tarsoleuca; Host detection; Ovipositor morphology; Parasitism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034974122     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011163027521     Document Type: Article

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