Development of a tachinid parasitoid, Gymnosoma rotundatum (Diptera: Tachinidae) on Plautia crossota stali (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae), and its effects on host reproduction

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 215-223

  Higaki, Morio ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FRUIT TREE SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gymnosoma rotundatum; Parasitism; Pentatomidae; Plautia crossota stali; Tachinidae

Indexed keywords

CROSSOTA; DIPTERA; GYMNOSOMA ROTUNDATUM; HETEROPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; PENTATOMIDAE; PLAUTIA; PLAUTIA CROSSOTA; PLAUTIA STALI; TACHINIDAE;

EID: 0042378937     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2003.215     Document Type: Article

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