Cuticular hydrocarbons of Kapala sulcifacies (hymenoptera: eucharitidae) and its host, the ponerine ant Ectatomma ruidum (hymenoptera: formicidae)

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 707-716

  Howard, R W ^a   Perez Lachaud G ^b   Lachaud, J P ^b,c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

Author keywords

Ectatomma ruidum; Kapala sulcifacies; Mass spectrometry; Parasite; Semiochemicals; Species recognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042247664     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2001)094[0707:CHOKSH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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