Host utilization by Exorista thula Wood (sp. nov.) and Chetogena gelida (Coquillett) (Diptera: Tachinidae), parasitoids of arctic Gynaephora species (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae)

Polar Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 575-582

  Morewood, W Dean ^a,c   Wood, D Monty ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOST USE; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; IDENTIFICATION KEY; NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

CANADA; ELLESMERE ISLAND; NUNAVUT;

CHETOGENA; CHETOGENA GELIDA; DIPTERA; EXORISTA; EXORISTA THULA; EXORISTINI; GYNAEPHORA; GYNAEPHORA GROENLANDICA; GYNAEPHORA ROSSII; LEPIDOPTERA; LYMANTRIIDAE; TACHINIDAE;

EID: 0036933114     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-002-0382-y     Document Type: Article

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