Egg-laying, pre-imaginal growth dynamics, and mortality in Eupelmus orientalis and Dinarmus basalis, two solitary ectoparasitoids of Callosobruchus maculatus

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 97-105

  Damiens, David ^a   Imbert, Eric ^a   Bressac, Christophe ^a   Thibeaudeau, Christian ^a   Chevrier, Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

Coleoptera; Hymenoptera; Pre imaginal development; Reproductive strategies; Sex determination; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

ECTOPARASITE; EGG PRODUCTION; GROWTH; MORTALITY;

EID: 0035035621     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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