Attempts to artificially propagate the fire ant parasite Solenopsis daguerrei (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Argentina

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 518-520

  Briano, Juana ^a,b   Calcaterra, Luisa ^a,b   Williams, David F ^a,b   David, H ^b  

^a USDA ARS South American Biological Control Laboratory   (Argentina)

^b CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; PARASITE; TRANSPLANTATION;

ARGENTINA;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; SOLENOPSIS; SOLENOPSIS DAGUERREI; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA;

EID: 0036748322     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2002)085[0518:ATAPTF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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