Patterns of egg load in the walnut fly Rhagoletis juglandis (Diptera: Tephritidae) in nature and their possible significance for distribution of sexes

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 875-882

  Alonso Pimentel, Henar ^a   Papaj, Daniel R ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Egg load; Fruit fly; Oviposition; Rhagoletis; Sex ratio; Tephritidae

Indexed keywords

DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; JUGLANS; JUGLANS MAJOR; RHAGOLETIS; RHAGOLETIS JUGLANDIS; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 0041334516     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aesa/89.6.875     Document Type: Article

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