Morphology and biology of Diomus terminatus (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), a predator of Sipha flava (Homoptera: Aphidae)

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 276-278

  Hentz, Matthew G ^a   Nuessly, Gregg S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APHID; BEETLE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; LIFE CYCLE; MORPHOLOGY; POTENTIAL BIOCONTROL AGENT;

FLORIDA; UNITED STATES;

APHIDIDAE; COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DIOMUS; DIOMUS TERMINATUS; HEMIPTERA; HOMOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR; SIPHA FLAVA;

EID: 0038340898     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2002)085[0276:mabodt]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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