Morphology and chemistry of Dufour glands in four ectoparasitoids: Cephalonomia tarsalis, C. waterstoni (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae), Anisopteromalus calandrae, and Pteromalus cerealellae (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 153-167

  Howard, Ralph W ^a   Baker, James E ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aldehydes; Biological control; Dufour gland; Ectoparasitoids; Hydrocarbon; Morphology; Parasitoids; Semiochemistry; Stored products; Venom apparatus

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE; ALKANE DERIVATIVE; CARBON; HYDROCARBON; VENOM; VOLATILE AGENT;

ANISOPTEROMALUS CALANDRAE; ARTICLE; CEPHALONOMIA TARSALIS; CEPHALONOMIA WATERSTONI; DUFOUR GLAND; ENDOCRINE GLAND; FEMALE; HYMENOPTERA; LIPID ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTEROMALUS CEREALELLAE; SPECIES COMPARISON;

ANISOPTEROMALUS CALANDRAE; BETHYLIDAE; CEPHALONOMIA; CEPHALONOMIA WATERSTONI; HYMENOPTERA; PTEROMALIDAE; PTEROMALUS; PYRUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 0038823527     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1096-4959(03)00076-9     Document Type: Article

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