Clutch size, development and wing morph differentiation of Melittobia digitata

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 135-143

  Cônsoli, Fernando L ^a   Vinson, S Bradleigh ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eulophid; Hymenoptera; Immature development; Larval competition; Nutrition; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

CLUTCH SIZE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; WING MORPHOLOGY;

APOIDEA; EULOPHIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; MELITTOBIA; MELITTOBIA DIGITATA; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0036308582     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.2002.00933.x     Document Type: Article

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