Maintenance of water balance in the twice-stabbed ladybird beetle, chilocorus cacti (coleoptera: Coccinellidae), despite heavy infestation by the mite, hemisarcoptes cooremani (acari: Acariformes)

International Journal of Acarology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 337-340

  Yoder, Jay A ^a   Houck, Marilyn A ^b   Goodin, Burel R ^a   Smith, J Aaron ^a  

^a ILLINOIS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chilocorus; Hemisarcoptes; Phoresy; USA; Water balance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037981791     PISSN: 01647954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01647959908684172     Document Type: Article

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