Field releases of the decapitating fly Pseudacteon curvatus (Diptera: Phoridae) for control of imported fire ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Alabama, Florida, and Tennessee

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 334-339

  Graham, L C Fudd ^a   Porter, Sanford D ^b   Pereira, Roberto M ^b   Dorough, Henry D ^c   Kelley, Amber T ^d  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

^c Alabama Cooperative Extension System   (United States)

^d MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Classical biocontrol; Hybrid fire ants; Parasitoid; Solenopsis invicta; Solenopsis richteri; Southeastern United States

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; FLY; PARASITOID; PEST CONTROL;

ALABAMA; FLORIDA; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

DIPTERA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; PHORIDAE; PSEUDACTEON CURVATUS; SOLENOPSIS; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA; SOLENOPSIS RICHTERI;

EID: 0142229503     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2003)086[0334:FROTDF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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