Life history of the gall-maker Eugeniamyia dispar Maia, Mendonça-Jr. & Romanowski, 1996 (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae)

Brazilian Journal of Biology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 277-283

  Mendonça Jr , M De S ^a,b   Romanowski, H P ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eugenia uniflora; Gall midge; Myrtaceae; Population ecology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EUGENIA; FEMALE; FLY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LIFE CYCLE; OOCYTE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF;

ANIMALS; DIPTERA; EUGENIA; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; OVUM; PLANT LEAVES;

EID: 0036580248     PISSN: 15196984     EISSN: 16784375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1519-69842002000200012     Document Type: Article

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