Mites and nematodes associated with three subterranean termite species (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 499-506

  Wang, Changlu ^a   Powell, Janine E ^a   O'Connor, Barry M ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coptotermes formosanus; Mites; Nematodes; Reticulitermes flavipes; Reticulitermes virginicus; Subterranean termites

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; MITE; NEMATODE; TERMITE;

ACARI; ACARIDAE; AUSTRALHYPOPUS; COPTOTERMES; COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; COSMOGLYPHUS ABSOLONI; HISTIOSTOMA FORMOSANA; ISOPTERA; NEMATODA; RETICULITERMES FLAVIPES; RETICULITERMES VIRGINICUS; RHABDITIDA; RHABDITIDAE; RHABDITIS; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 0036747325     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2002)085[0499:MANAWT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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