Intra- and Interspecific Interactions Between Lysiphlebus testaceipes and Lipolexis scutellaris (Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae) Reared on Toxoptera citricida (Homoptera: Aphididae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 564-569

  Persad, Anand B ^a   Hoy, Marjorie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Intraspecific and interspecific interactions; Lipolexis scutellaris; Lysiphlebus testaceipes; Toxoptera citrida

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; APHIDIDAE; APHIDIINAE; CITRUS; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; LIPOLEXIS; LIPOLEXIS SCUTELLARIS; LYSIPHLEBUS; LYSIPHLEBUS TESTACEIPES; TOXOPTERA; TOXOPTERA CITRICIDA; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0242490726     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/96.3.564     Document Type: Article

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