Parasitic behavior of Leucospis cayennensis Westwood (Hymenoptera: Leucospidae) and rates of parasitism in populations of Centris (Heterocentris) analis (Fabricius) (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Centridini)

Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 131-142

  Gazola, Ana Lúcia ^a   Garófalo, Carlos Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Centridini; Centris analis; Hymenoptera; Leucospidae; Leucospis cayennensis; Parasitic behavior

Indexed keywords

HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; OVIPOSITION; PARASITISM;

BRAZIL;

APIDAE; CENTRIDINI; CENTRIS; COELIOXYS; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; LEUCOSPIDAE; LEUCOSPIS; MEGACHILIDAE;

EID: 0038702435     PISSN: 00228567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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