Larval predation by Chrysomya albiceps on Cochliomyia macellaria, Chrysomya megacephala and Chrysomya putoria

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 149-155

  Faria, Lucas Del Bianco ^a   Orsi, Letícia ^a   Trinca, Luzia Aparecida ^a   Godoy, Wesley Augusto Conde ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Blowflies; Calliphoridae; Chrysomya albiceps; Diptera; Interspecific interaction; Larval predation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; POPULATION DECLINE; PREDATION;

NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

CALLIPHORIDAE; CHRYSOMYA ALBICEPS; CHRYSOMYA MEGACEPHALA; CHRYSOMYA PUTORIA; CHRYSOMYA RUFIFACIES; COCHLIOMYIA MACELLARIA; DIPTERA; MEGACEPHALA; PUTORIA;

EID: 0345085503     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.1999.00433.x     Document Type: Article

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