Immature stages of the bee fly Ligyra satyrus (F.) (Diptera: Bombyliidae): A hyperparasitoid of canegrubs (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

Australian Journal of Entomology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 300-304

  Yeates, David K ^b   Logan, David P ^a   Lambkin, Christine ^b  

^a BSES LIMITED   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bee fly; Canegrubs; Larva; Morphology; Pupa

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACINAE; APOIDEA; BOMBYLIIDAE; CAMPSOMERIS; COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; FABRICIUS; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; LIGYRA; LIGYRA SATYRUS; POMPILIDAE; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR; SATYRUS; SCARABAEIDAE; SCOLIIDAE; SPHECIDAE; TIPHIIDAE;

EID: 0040714410     PISSN: 13266756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-6055.1999.00127.x     Document Type: Article

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