Activity and relative abundance of hymenopterous parasitoids that attack puparia of Musca domestica and Stomoxys calcitrans (Diptera: Muscidae) on confined pig and cattle farms in Denmark

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 263-269

  Skovgard H ^a   Jespersen, J B ^a  

^a Microbiology Section   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ACTIVITY PATTERN; PARASITOID;

ALEOCHARA; DIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; MUSCA DOMESTICA; MUSCIDAE; MUSCIDIFURAX RAPTOR; NASONIA VITRIPENNIS; PACHYCREPOIDEUS VINDEMIAE; PHYGADEUON FUMATOR; PTEROMALIDAE; SPALANGIA CAMERONI; SPALANGIA NIGRIPES; SPALANGIA SUBPUNCTATA; STOMOXYS CALCITRANS; TRICHOPRIA; UROLEPIS RUFIPES;

EID: 0344132592     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0007485399000383     Document Type: Article

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