Temperature-related development of the parasitoid wasp Nasonia vitripennis as forensic indicator

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 257-262

  Grassberger, Martin ^a   Frank, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Blowfly; Calliphoridae; Degree days; Development; Development rates; Forensic entomology; Minimum development threshold; Nasonia vitripennis; Parasitoid wasp; Post mortem interval; Protophormia terraenovae; Pteromalidae; Temperature dependency; Thermal constant

Indexed keywords

ENTOMOLOGY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; FLY; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; INSECT; LIFE CYCLE; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WASP;

ANIMALS; DIPTERA; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; OVIPOSITION; PUPA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WASPS;

ANIMALIA; CALLIPHORIDAE; DIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; NASONIA VITRIPENNIS; PROTOPHORMIA TERRAENOVAE; PTEROMALIDAE; VESPIDAE; VESPOIDEA;

EID: 0141685949     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.2003.00439.x     Document Type: Article

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