Host egg preference by the parasitic mite Acarophenax lacunatus (Prostigmata: Acarophenacidae)

Journal of Stored Products Research

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 571-575

  Oliveira, Carlos Romero F ^a   Faroni, Leda Rita D'A ^a   Guedes, Raul Narciso C ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acarophenacidae; Biological control; Dinoderus minutus; Egg parasitism; Oryzaephilus surinamensis; Rhyzopertha dominica; Tribolium castaneum

Indexed keywords

ACARI; DINODERUS MINUTUS; ORYZAEPHILUS SURINAMENSIS; PROSTIGMATA; RHYZOPERTHA DOMINICA; TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM;

EID: 0038346076     PISSN: 0022474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-474X(02)00060-7     Document Type: Article

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